SAMHSA Partners with Suicide Prevention Action Network to Promote Public/Private Partnership to Curb Suicide

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the award of a contract to the Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA), a national suicide prevention organization, to join with SAMHSA to establish and administer the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. The Action Alliance, a public-private partnership, is being established to move the goals and objectives of the 2001 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention from paper to practice.