• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention / Greater Central NY Chapter
National Suicide Prevention & Crisis Line: 988
https://afsp.org/chapter/
The chapter focuses on eliminating the loss of life from suicide by delivering innovative prevention programs, educating the public about risk factors and warning signs, raising funding for suicide research and programs, and reaching out to those individuals who have lost someone to suicide. The Greater Central NY Chapter includes the following Counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Lewis, Jefferson, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Schoharie, Tioga, and Tompkins.
• BRiDGES – Madison County Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
1507 Upper Lenox Ave., P.O. Box 389, Oneida, NY 13421 • 315-697-3947
BRiDGES offers trainings and workshops in suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention and works with the Madison County Suicide Prevention Coalition to raise awareness and reduce the rate of suicide.
• Contact Community Services Inc.
Onondaga County: 315-251-0600
Cayuga County: 1-877-400-8740
Contact Community Services Inc. is a multi-faceted organization that supports the social, emotional, behavioral and mental health of children, youth, and adults. It delivers this support through three broad program areas: crisis and suicide prevention, school support services and training and education.
• LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Resources
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Chat at 988lifeline.org. Deaf and hard of hearing people have 24/7 access to 988 videophone.
988lifeline.org and click on the deaf/HoH icon.
Text TALK to 741741 – text with a trained counselor from the Crisis Text Line for free 24/7
The Trevor Project: phone, chat and text support for LGBTQ+ youth through the website: thetrevorproject.org/get-help-
Trans Lifeline: support for transgender people by transgender people: 1-877-565-8860
• Post-9/11Military2VA (M2VA)
800 Irving Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210-2716 • 315-425-4400
This program is currently provided to OEF/OIF/OND era veterans with expanded services to include noncombat veterans who discharged from the military after 9/11/01 to ensure transitional needs are being met regardless of combat service. M2VA staff continue to support outreach events with National Guard and Reserve units for pre-deployment and post-deployment, along with community and college events. The suicide prevention team provides telephone support and care coordination to Veterans who are experiencing suicidal ideation and/or crises. The team identifies veterans at risk for suicide, places an alert in CPRS and provides telephone outreach, ensuring that veterans are connecting to treatment.