Caring About Lives in Maine (CAL ME) Project
The Maine Youth Suicide Prevention Program has once again received Garret Lee Smith Memorial Act funding through a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant will span three years from 9/30/08 and ending 9/29/11. It builds on existing collaborations and allows for expansion of suicide prevention efforts to enhance the capacity of schools and service providers to provide a culturally competent, sustainable system of prevention, early identification, intervention and referral for families and youth in selected areas of the state. Training and resources will be provided to key groups in direct contact with youth and vulnerable populations in a variety of settings, including 11 high schools selected through an RFP process to implement the Maine Lifelines Program.
