Kansas Suicide Prevention Committee

Vision:

Creating a suicide-free Kansas, where quality mental health services are available, trusted, and used when needed, without stigma.

Mission:

Kansans of diverse backgrounds improving the emotional well-being and safety of Kansans through state-wide sharing of information about suicide attempts and deaths in Kansas and about effective suicide prevention practices.

Documents:

Kansas Suicide Prevention Committee Report April 2010
March 2010 Health Statistics Report

February 2011 application for funding for suicide prevention for Kansans 10-24. Click here for the attachments, including letters of support; policies and forms for data collection, confidentiality, consent; and the Kansas Plan to Reduce Suicide. This application was submitted by our center representing the Suicide prevention Subcommittee of the (Kansas) Governor's Mental Health Services Planning Council. Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse Mental health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the Request for Applications (RFA) for Cooperative Agreements for State-Sponsored Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention (Short Title: State and Tribal Youth Suicide prevention Grants), also known as Garrett Lee Smith funds. Click here for the RFA.

Members:

Chair: Marcia Epstein, LMSW
Headquarters Counseling Center
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline & 1.800.SUICIDE
Marcia@HeadquartersCounselingCenter.org

Co-Chair: Bill Art, LSCSW
Johnson Co. Mental Health Center
Bill.Art@jocogov.org

Secretary/Treasurer: Stan Edlavitch, PhD, MA, FACE
UMKC School of Medicine
edlavitchs@umkc.edu

Tammy Adams, LMSW
Value Options
Tammy.Adams@valueoptions.com

Bob Chase
Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center
rchase@sekmhc.org

Jason Deselms, PhD
Robert J. Dole VA Med. Ctr.
Jason.Deselms@va.gov

Chaplain Richard Dunn
Kansas National Guard
richard.b.dunn@us.army.mil

Bill Geis, PhD
UMKC School of Medicine
billgeis@earthlink.net

Rep. Lana Gordon
Kansas 52nd District
lana.gordon@house.ks.us

Eric Harkness, MS RPh
NAMI Kansas Consumer Council
boldrph@hotmail.com

Tomas Hernandez
Rita Kay Foundation
ritakayfoundation@gmail.com

Cornelia Jeffery, LASW
SRS Program Consultant
cornelia.jeffery@srs.ks.gov

Rhonda Moreland
GMHSPC, Consumer
moreland.rhonda@yahoo.com

Christine Moser, PsyD
Children’s Mercy Hospital
cnmoser@cmh.edu

Kate Pankey, BS
Mental Health America of the Heartland
kpankey@mhah.org

Chaplain John Potter
Kansas National Guard
john.r.potter@us.army.mil

Sue Schuster, LMSW
KDOA
SueSchuster@aging.state.ks.us

Jane Stueve, RN, BSN
KDHE
jstueve@kdhe.state.ks.us

Bonnie Swade, MS
SASS– MoKan
bonnie@sass-mokan.com

Nancy Taylor, MS
Shawnee Heights Middle School
taylorn@usd450.net

Liaison: Gayle Jaffee, MSW, MPH
SPRC
gjaffe@edc.org