PREVENTION PROGRAMS Sound the Alarm: This program was created to help prevent suicide attempts and completions among adults 25 years of age and older. The program works closely with African American churches as a program strategy to help reach the target population.
T he Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program of Lucas County (UMADAOP Lucas County) is funded by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services as an organization that provides prevention, outpatient treatment for substance use and mental health disorders, reentry services for returning citizens, recovery support services, and family reunification supports. The following programs are funded by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Lucas County. Opiate and Heroin Initiative: This program provides opiate education and prevention services for all Lucas County residents. The program delivers a wide array of informational and educational services utilizing mass media, literature distribution, and organized campaign events. Safe Neighborhoods Project: This project was created to help enhance school achievement to prevent educational underachievement and violence among youth. This initiative is a targeted population-based, community-level intervention project. It has been implemented to engage youth, parents, and residents that reside in high- risk neighborhoods to become engaged and mobilized to support safety practices and lifestyles to avoid becoming victims and perpetrators of violence.
Think, Act, and Live…One Pill Can Kill: UMADAOP Lucas County serves as the fiduciary and lead agency for the 11 Ohio UMADAOP organizations that have been awarded funding for this initiative. This campaign designs and implements mass media marketing products to help address the opioid overdose crisis in Ohio. Black Youth and Young Adult Suicide: The Choose Life Suicide Prevention Project is funded by Ohio’s Black Youth and Young Adult Suicide Prevention Initiative to help prevent suicide among Black youth and young adults in the state of Ohio. UMADAOP Lucas County serves as the fiduciary organization for this project and has partnered with the Akron, Cleveland, Lorain, and Dayton UMADAOPs to address to provide curriculum-based suicide prevention trainings and information dissemination and educational materials for the project.
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