Lines For Life

YOUTHLINE NATIONAL EXPANSION - DEMAND CONTINUES TO GROW FOR CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE PEER-DELIVERED YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT. LINES FOR LIFE CONTINUES TO MEET THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF YOUTH AGES 10-24 BY OFFERING PEER-TO-PEER YOUTH CRISIS SUPPORT AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH YOUTHLINE. YOUTHLINE NATIONAL EXPANSION WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTHCARE FOR YOUTH ACROSS THE U.S. THROUGH CAPACITY EXPANSION, ENGAGING YOUTH FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN OREGON, AND BY RAISING NATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE YOUTHLINE HELP, SUPPORT, AND CRISIS LINE. YOUTH SUICIDE CONTINUES TO BE A CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES. FROM 2007 TO 2021, SUICIDE RATES AMONG YOUTH AGES 10-24 INCREASED BY ALMOST 40%; 22% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORT SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING SUICIDE. MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES SUCH AS DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND STRESS ARE MOST PREVALENT, WITH ALMOST 50% OF ADOLESCENTS EXPERIENCING SOME LEVEL OF DISTRESS. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND ACTION. ENGAGING YOUTH IN THIS WORK OFFERS RELATABLE SUPPORT TO STRUGGLING YOUNG PEOPLE, DECREASES STIGMA, NORMALIZES HELP SEEKING, AND ALLOWS THEM TO QUICKLY GET RESOURCES THEY DESERVE AT SCHOOL, AT HOME, AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY. YOUTHLINE HAS SUPPORTED YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH IN OREGON AND NATIONWIDE FOR 25 YEARS. ANNUALLY, OVER 200 VOLUNTEERS, AGES 15-24, RECEIVE EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND MENTORING THROUGHOUT THEIR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE AT YOUTHLINE. OUR CLASSROOM AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION ARE WELL-ESTABLISHED AND CONNECTS WITH OVER 15,000 YOUTH ANNUALLY. IN 2023, YOUTHLINE'S PEER-TO-PEER CRISIS LINE CONNECTED WITH OVER 24,000 YOUTH – MORE THAN DOUBLING CONTACTS OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS. THIS GROWTH DEMONSTRATES THE NEED TO ELEVATE YOUTHLINE’S NATIONAL PRESENCE TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS BARRIERS TO ACCESSING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, FACILITATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIELD, AND ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS FACING YOUTH IN AMERICA. OUR REQUEST OF $1,162,238 WILL SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING YOUTHLINE NATIONAL EXPANSION INITIATIVES: • HIRE ADDITIONAL FTE TO EXPAND YOUTHLINE SERVICE HOURS BY 30%, WHERE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT INTERNS AND STAFF ARE AVAILABLE AS PEER-TO-PEER RESPONDERS FOR OTHER YOUTH. • INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF OUR SATELLITE TEAMS IN OREGON INCLUDING CENTRAL OREGON, EAST PORTLAND, AND WARM SPRINGS, WITH A FOCUS ON SUPPORTING MARGINALIZED AND DISTANCED YOUTH. • PROMOTE AND DESTIGMATIZE MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES VIA PRINT MATERIALS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TARGETED GOOGLE ADS TO YOUTH, SCHOOLS, AND YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN OREGON AND ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. • RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND MENTOR ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING THROUGH OUR EXISTING WORK STUDY PROGRAM TO BUILD DIVERSITY AMONG VOLUNTEERS AND IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY FOR YOUTH. • PROVIDE MINI-GRANTS TO OREGON SCHOOLS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TAILORED, LOCALIZED SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND POSTVENTION PROGRAMMING. • EXPLORE NEW SITE LOCATIONS, CONDUCT READINESS ASSESSMENTS, AND DEVELOP SCALABLE SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS INCLUDE: YOUTHLINE CONTACT DATA; VOLUNTEER FEEDBACK TO MEASURE SATISFACTION, KNOWLEDGE, AND GROWTH TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM; CLASSROOM SURVEYS TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUTREACH; AND QUANTITY, REACH, AND LOCATION TO DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATION STRATEGIES. THROUGH THESE CONTINUED BOLD EFFORTS, WE HOPE TO ENGAGE WITH OVER 150,000 YOUTH VIA CLASSROOM EDUCATION, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND THROUGH EACH YOUTHLINE CALL CENTER.

DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM

YOUTHLINE NATIONAL EXPANSION - LINES FOR LIFE’S YOUTHLINE PROGRAM PLANS TO BUILD CAPACITY TO MEET THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF YOUTH AGES 10-24 ACROSS OREGON AND NATIONWIDE. SAMHSA FUNDING WILL SUPPORT: - GROWING CAPACITY AT EXISTING YOUTHLINE SITES IN PORTLAND AND CENTRAL OREGON BY TRAINING ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS AND EXPANDING EDUCATION/OUTREACH IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS OREGON. - CREATING AND EXPANDING SATELLITE SITES THAT SUPPORT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT/VOLUNTEERISM TO MARGINALIZED AND DISTANCED YOUTH. THIS INCLUDES INITIATING A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKERS WHILE ALSO BUILDING DIVERSITY AMONG YOUTH VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTING YOUTH IN CRISIS. - PROVIDING MINI-GRANT SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS ACROSS OREGON WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THEIR SCHOOL SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND POSTVENTION PLANS. - BUILDING SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN SERVE 25,000+ TEENS IN CRISIS WITH TEEN-TO-TEEN PEER CRISIS HELP BY THE END OF 2024. - DISSEMINATING INFORMATION TO STUDENTS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS AND DIRECTLY TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY. FUTURE GOALS INCLUDE: 1) THE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE YOUTHLINE NATIONAL PROGRAM BY EXPANDING THE HOURS THE YOUTHLINE IS AVAILABLE WITH PEER SUPPORT. 2) TO REACH AND SUPPORT MORE YOUTH IN THE MID-WEST AND EAST COAST, RAISING AWARENESS NATIONWIDE THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, MARKETING, AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT PROMOTE MENTAL WELLNESS AND THE NATIONAL YOUTHLINE. WITHIN 3-5 YEARS, THE YOUTHLINE HOPES TO ENGAGE WITH 100,000 TEENS VIA OUTREACH AND THROUGH THE CALL CENTER. YOUTH SUICIDE IS A NATIONAL CRISIS IN THE U.S. – IT IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH AGES 10-24 NATIONALLY AND IN OREGON. THE SUICIDE RATE FOR TWEENS AGED 10-14 HAS NEARLY TRIPLED FROM 2007 TO 2017. THE SUICIDE RATE INCREASED 36% FROM 2000 TO 2017. WE KNOW THE PANDEMIC CONTRIBUTED TO FEELINGS OF ISOLATION, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDAL IDEATION FOR OUR YOUTH. IT ALSO HAS SHED LIGHT ON THE ONGOING LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR YOUTH IN AMERICA. AS EXPERTS, WE KNOW THE EARLIER WE CAN INTERVENE WITH A YOUTH, THE MORE LIKELY WE ARE TO GET THEM HELP, NORMALIZE REACHING OUT, AND DECREASE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. THIS IS WHERE YOUTHLINE COMES IN. SINCE 1999, LINES FOR LIFE’S YOUTHLINE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUPPORTING YOUTH EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ACROSS OREGON AND NATIONWIDE. YOUTHLINE HAS 128 YOUTH VOLUNTEERS RANGING IN AGE FROM 15 TO 21 WHO RECEIVE EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND MENTORING THROUGHOUT THEIR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE. YOUTHLINE CLASSROOM/COMMUNITY EDUCATION IS WELL-ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE PORTLAND METRO AREA, CENTRAL OREGON, AND STATEWIDE. IN 2022, YOUTHLINE'S PEER-TO-PEER CRISIS LINE CONNECTED WITH OVER 24,000 YOUTH – A 140% INCREASE IN THE LAST 5 YEARS. THIS RAPID GROWTH INDICATES THE NEED TO ELEVATE THE NATIONAL YOUTHLINE PRESENCE TO EXPAND CAPACITY AND DIRECTLY ADDRESS BARRIERS AND ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH, VOLUNTEERISM, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY FOR VULNERABLE YOUTH IN MINORITIZED COMMUNITIES IN OREGON. THIS EXPANSION WILL DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE ONGOING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS FACING YOUTH IN AMERICA.

CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LATINX MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM - THE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE LATINX MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM IS A GRASSROOTS, PLACE-BASED EFFORT TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO CARE THROUGH PROVIDING SPANISH-LANGUAGE MHFA, YMHFA, AND QPR TRAININGS WITH A FOCUS ON IMPROVED CULTURAL RESPONSIVENESS, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, AND RESOURCE REFERRALS. THE PROGRAM WILL TRAIN AT LEAST 225 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE FIRST YEAR AND OVER 1600 PARTICIPANTS IN FIVE YEARS. TO BUILD ADDITIONAL TRAINING CAPACITY AND IN RESPONSE TO NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY OREGON’S EXISTING LATINX MENTAL HEALTH TRAINERS, THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO INCLUDE MONTHLY, WEB-BASED SPANISH-LANGUAGE LEARNING COLLABORATIVES FOR MHFA AND QPR TRAINERS ACROSS THE STATE. HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DISPARITIES HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BY COVID-19, LEAVING OREGON’S ALREADY UNDERSERVED LATINX COMMUNITIES IN NEED OF MORE FOCUSED, ACCESSIBLE SUPPORT. 13% OF OREGON’S TOTAL RESIDENTS, AND 25% OF OREGON’S YOUTH, IDENTIFY AS LATINO/A/X. IN OREGON’S URBAN HUB, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, LATINX FAMILIES ARE 154% MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN POVERTY THAN WHITES AND ROUGHLY ONE-THIRD ARE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE. FOR THESE COMMUNITIES, DELIVERING TRAININGS AT NATURAL CONTACT POINTS SUCH AS FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND SCHOOLS IS CRITICAL, AND IT EMPOWERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER THROUGH CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TRAINING TO PROMOTE INCREASED AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS AND IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES. THIS PROGRAM WILL BE SUPPORTED BY A FULL-TIME BILINGUAL COMMUNITY TRAINING SPECIALIST (BCTS). LINES FOR LIFE’S STATEWIDE NETWORK OF QPR TRAINERS AND OUR LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH OREGON’S MHFA STATEWIDE PROGRAM POSITIONS US WELL TO DYNAMICALLY ASSESS AND RESPOND TO NEEDS ACROSS THE STATE. QPR HAS PROVEN TO BE A STRONG INTRODUCTORY TRAINING WHILE MHFA PROVIDES A BROADER TRAINING WITH ADDED TIME FOR DISCUSSION. OFFERING BOTH TRAININGS WILL ALLOW INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ENGAGE IN PROGRAMMING THAT BEST FITS THEIR NEEDS. THIS FLEXIBILITY WILL ALLOW LINES FOR LIFE TO PROVIDE TIMELY, FOCUSED RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF THE LATINX COMMUNITY. THE BCTS WILL ALSO SUPPORT SPANISH-SPEAKING TRAINERS ALREADY PARTICIPATING IN OUR STATEWIDE NETWORK WITH OUTREACH, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE RESOURCE LISTS, AND LEARNING COLLABORATIVES TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE AND EXTENSIVE TRAINING REACH ACROSS OREGON. THE BCTS WILL ALSO PROMOTE QPR AND MHFA TRAIN-THE-TRAINER OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW THE NETWORK OF SPANISH-LANGUAGE TRAINERS.

RX FOR SAVING OREGON TEENS

YOUTHLINE NATIONAL EXPANSION - LINES FOR LIFE’S YOUTHLINE PROGRAM PLANS TO BUILD CAPACITY TO MEET THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF YOUTH AGES 10-24 ACROSS OREGON AND NATIONWIDE. SAMHSA FUNDING WILL SUPPORT: - GROWING CAPACITY AT EXISTING YOUTHLINE SITES IN PORTLAND AND CENTRAL OREGON BY TRAINING ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS AND EXPANDING EDUCATION/OUTREACH IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ACROSS OREGON. - CREATING AND EXPANDING SATELLITE SITES THAT SUPPORT YOUTH DEVELOPMENT/VOLUNTEERISM TO MARGINALIZED AND DISTANCED YOUTH. THIS INCLUDES INITIATING A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKERS WHILE ALSO BUILDING DIVERSITY AMONG YOUTH VOLUNTEERS SUPPORTING YOUTH IN CRISIS. - PROVIDING MINI-GRANT SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS ACROSS OREGON WORKING TO IMPLEMENT THEIR SCHOOL SUICIDE PREVENTION PLANS. - BUILDING SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN SERVE 25,000+ TEENS IN CRISIS WITH TEEN-TO-TEEN PEER CRISIS HELP BY THE END OF 2023. FUTURE GOALS INCLUDE: CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE YOUTHLINE NATIONAL PROGRAM TO REACH AND SUPPORT MORE YOUTH IN THE MID-WEST AND EAST COAST, RAISING AWARENESS NATIONWIDE THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, MARKETING AND ADVERTISING, AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE MENTAL WELLNESS AND THE NATIONAL YOUTHLINE. WITHIN 3-5 YEARS, THE YOUTHLINE HOPES TO ENGAGE WITH 100,000 TEENS VIA OUTREACH AND THROUGH THE CALL CENTER. YOUTH SUICIDE IS A NATIONAL CRISIS IN THE U.S. – IT IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH AGES 10-24 NATIONALLY AND IN OREGON. THE SUICIDE RATE FOR TWEENS AGED 10-14 HAS NEARLY TRIPLED FROM 2007 TO 2017. THE SUICIDE RATE INCREASED 36% FROM 2000 TO 2017. WE KNOW THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED EVEN MORE FEELINGS OF ISOLATION, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDAL IDEATION FOR OUR YOUTH. THE PANDEMIC HAS ALSO EXPOSED THE LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR YOUTH IN AMERICA. AS EXPERTS, WE KNOW THE EARLIER WE CAN INTERVENE WITH A YOUTH, THE MORE LIKELY WE ARE TO GET THEM HELP, NORMALIZE REACHING OUT, AND DECREASE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. SINCE 1999, LINES FOR LIFE’S YOUTHLINE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUPPORTING YOUTH EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES ACROSS OREGON AND NATIONWIDE. YOUTHLINE HAS 132 YOUTH VOLUNTEERS RANGING IN AGE FROM 15 TO 24 WHO ARE EXTENSIVELY TRAINED AND MENTORED THROUGHOUT THEIR VOLUNTEER OR INTERN EXPERIENCE. YOUTHLINE CLASSROOM/COMMUNITY EDUCATION IS WELL-ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE PORTLAND METRO AREA, CENTRAL OREGON, AND STATEWIDE. IN 2021, YOUTHLINE'S PEER-TO-PEER CRISIS LINE CONNECTED WITH 24,783 YOUTH – A 140% INCREASE IN THE LAST 5 YEARS. THIS RAPID GROWTH INDICATES THE NEED TO ELEVATE THE NATIONAL YOUTHLINE PRESENCE TO EXPAND CAPACITY AND DIRECTLY ADDRESS BARRIERS AND ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH, VOLUNTEERISM, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY FOR VULNERABLE YOUTH MINORITIZED COMMUNITIES IN OREGON. THIS EXPANSION WILL DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE ONGOING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS FACING YOUTH IN AMERICA.

HELPING OUR HEROES: PREVENTING SUICIDE AMONG OREGON SOLDIERS & PROVIDING SUPPORT TO MILITARY FAM.

LINES FOR LIFE (CRISIS LINES) PROVIDENCE HLTH & SRVCS COLLAB SUICIDE PREVN FOLLOW-UP PROG

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FY2011 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE CRISIS CENTER FOLLOW UP

PREVENTING YOUTH SUICIDE NOW!

LINES FOR LIFE (CRISIS LINES) PROVIDENCE HLTH & SRVCS COLLAB SUICIDE PREVN FOLLOW