SCHOOLS

  * School Board        * Administration

  * Principals              * Counselors

 AWARENESS 

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  EDUCATION  

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  PREVENTION 

 Yellow Ribbon Model  includes all stake holders, survivors, youth, elders, and    community at-large to create a balance, sustainable prevention program.

                                 Who is Involved With Yellow Ribbon?

GRASSROOTS

     * Youth            *  Parents       * Elders          

       *  Survivors      *  Community-at-large

SUPPORT TEAMS

  *  Mental  Health

  *  Hospital / Medical  Society

  *  EMS - FIRE - POLICE

RESOURCES

  *   Clergy/Spiritual Leaders

  *   Service Organizations

  *  Youth Groups, i.e. Scouts

 

This is the basic Link-To-Life program that does not displace or replace existing professionals, rather it allows people to learn how to ask for help. 

Desired Outcomes of Initiative

To increase protective factors and help-seeking behaviors

To decrease risk factors and suicidal ideation

To change societal norms and show that:

It's OK to Ask for Help and that it's OK to be -a-link

  History to the Program   -   Suicide Myths and Facts    -    Suicide Statistics   -   What is the Yellow Ribbon   -   Yellow Ribbon Card      

                              YR Meets National Strategy for Suicide Prevention      -      Who is Involved in the YR  Program