• The Ohio State University Research Foundation received a three year federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Association in the fall of 2006. Over the three year period, the grant will provide Ohio Mental Health Check Up Programs (subgrantees) with assistance and training to initiate or expand research-based culturally competent approaches for early identification of youth at risk of suicide and/or suffering with an undiagnosed and untreated mental disorder that may result in suicide.
• The goal is to prevent suicides through early identification, professional assessment, and referral for treatment when necessary. Mental health check ups will be made available, with active parental consent, to youth ages 11-18.
• In order to increase the number of trained professionals in suicide assessment in the Mental Health Check Up Programs, a "train the trainers" approach using the "Clinical Competencies in Suicide Assessment," developed by the American Association of Suicidology and the Suicide Prevention Resource Center will be provided to qualified professionals in Ohio.

Ohio Subgrantees for 2007 

Ohio subgrantees for 2008