Here is how SPP is helping our community!
2022 Grant Winner : Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council (CCSNPC)
In 2022, SPP chose to target teen/young adult depression and suicide. The decision to award the $50,000 grant to Chatham County Safety Net Planning Council (CCSNPC) came after their very compelling final presentation about their work with teens and young adults grappling with depression, often leading to suicide.
The grant presentation ceremony was held on January 10, at The Front Porch, an Improv Theater and CCSNPC partner, that provides services to struggling youth and their families.
CCSNPC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides community-based Safety & Resilience programs focused on creating a safer, resilient and compassionate community. CCSNPC offers their programs and workshops at no cost to community members.
In 2017, in partnership with diverse community organizations, the Planning Council launched its suicide prevention programs, which include these evidence-based programs designed to work with at-risk youth and adolescents;
Prevent Suicide Today;
Mindful Self-Compassion
Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, and
Front Porch ACTS.
To learn more, please visit CCSNPC’s website at www.chathamsafetynet.org
Teen/Young Adult Depression/Suicide
Each year SPP chooses a focus area for their grant award and in 2022 it targeted the epidemic of suicide that is mushrooming across the country. Suicide is the leading cause of death in the United States. A growing number of kids in Georgia are dying by suicide, according to data released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Based on preliminary data from the Georgia Department of Health, 118 children and teens, between the ages of 10 and 19, took their own lives in 2021. It’s now the second leading cause of death among kids ages 10 to 14. In Chatham County there were 37 deaths attributed to suicide in 2021. Seven of these were in ages 0-24.
From time to time, we will share information and articles that we have found educational. We encourage our readers to take a look!
New York Times, Published August 27, 2022: ‘The Best Tool We Have’ for Self-Harming and Suicidal Teens
”Studies indicate that dialectical behavior therapy offers greater benefits than more generalized therapy. But treatment is intensive, and expensive…”
New Yorker Magazine, Published April 4, 2022, The Mystifying Rise in Child Suicide
“A family tragedy sheds light on a burgeoning mental-health emergency…”