Step 3. Community Planning
Purpose
Prepare to implement initiatives and programs believed to have potential for reducing the suicide rate.
Activities
- Conduct community mobilization including initial research and an environmental scan.
- Explore suggested suicide prevention actions
- Explore best and evidence-based practices for suicide prevention
- Explore this site’s Communities in Action page
- Hold initial meetings with champion and stakeholders to develop a logic model, identify community goals for suicide reduction, and identify and prioritize activities to achieve goals.
Resources/Input
- Plan of approach for community planning
- Timeline for community mobilization
- Florida’s Toolkit and Resource Guide: Reducing Suicide in Your Community
- Suggested suicide prevention programs, actions and initiatives
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI)
- Brainstorming techniques
- Evidence-based practices and best practices for suicide prevention
Results/Output
- Mobilized community stakeholders
- Logic Model
- Community suicide prevention goals
- Community action plan