Garrett Lee Smith Grant
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded a youth suicide prevention grant to the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The award is for $500,000 per year for three years. The grants are authorized as part of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act,
sponsored in Congress by Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon who lost his son to suicide in 2003.
STAR-Center was involved in the application of this grant, and will be responsible for providing training for the grant project.
For more information, please go to the Pennsylvania Youth Suicide Prevention Website at http://www.paspi.org/News.php.