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District awarded two-year suicide-prevention grant, will conduct needs assessment and implement best practices
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The district received a two-year grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to assess suicide-prevention services, identify gaps and implement best practices with Educational Development Center support; initial site visit praised existing supports and outlined a phased self-assessment and implementation plan.
The district has been awarded a two-year suicide-prevention grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the committee heard on Oct. 8. Sherry Lewis, who presented the update, said the grant will fund a district self-assessment, gap analysis and implementation of best practices across six components of suicide prevention.
Lewis said the grant will pair the district with a technical-assistance provider from the Educational Development Center (EDC). During a recent site visit, the EDC representative toured all four school buildings and reviewed existing…
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