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    Maryland Department of Health
    Suicide Prevention

    Maryland’s Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Network

    MD-SPIN was funded for a period of five years by the Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) grant provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The GLS funding specific to MD-SPIN ended in September 2019.​

    Maryland’s Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Network (MD-SPIN) provided a continuum of suicide prevention training, resources, and technical assistance to advance the development of a comprehensive suicide prevention and early intervention service system for youth and young adults. MD-SPIN aimed to increase the number of youth, ages 10-24, identified, referred and receiving quality behavioral health services, with a focus on serving high risk youth populations (LGBTQ, transition age, veterans and military families, youth with emotional and behavioral concerns) and in target settings (schools, colleges/universities, juvenile services facilities, primary care, emergency departments). 

    Led by the Maryland Behavioral Health Administration​, key partners included the University of Maryland Department of Psychiatry, the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Maryland Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health, the Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland, and the public education system (1424 public kindergarten to 12th grade schools, 30 public university/college/community colleges, and 12 juvenile facilities programs).

    Goals were to: 
    1) enhance culturally competent, effective, and accessible community-based services and programs by developing a network that includes technical assistance and support, 
    2) broaden public awareness of suicide by utilizing MD-SPIN to support marketing and dissemination/ diffusion efforts related to suicide prevention for youth/young adults, 
    3) increase evidence-based training opportunities for professionals and others who work with high risk groups by training a diverse, multidisciplinary group of youth and adults across the state using online suicide prevention programs (Kognito) and evidence-based resources to promote continuity of care, and 
    4) assure effective services to those who have attempted suicide or others affected by suicide attempt or death by developing a state training and technical assistance model to promote referral and access to and follow through with high quality care. 

    MD-SPIN Annual Reports: