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Los Alamos Community Foundation details $108,000 in local health grants and expands suicide-prevention training
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The Los Alamos Community Foundation said it has distributed about $108,000 in local health and wellness grants and is rolling out ABC (Ask, Be present, Connect) suicide-prevention training across the county with several sessions scheduled this winter. Foundation staff said they coordinate with the InCorum Health Foundation fellowship program and accept local grant applications.
Brandy Weiss, program manager and core fellow for the Los Alamos Community Foundation, told the Los Alamos Health Council that the foundation has distributed roughly $108,000 in local grants this year and is expanding suicide-prevention training and other health programs in the county.
Weiss said the local foundation serves as a liaison with the InCorum Health Foundation fellows program, which designated about $25 million to support five Northern New Mexico regions; fellows distributed nearly $5 million in the most recent fiscal year across those areas. "We've given out a $108,000 in grants to our community," Weiss said, listing awards to local groups for health and wellness programs.
The grants cited by Weiss included $29,000 to Los Alamos Visiting Nurses for youth and adult grief groups; $15,000 to the Los Alamos Arts Council for art-therapy programming; $12,025 to the retired and senior organization; $10,000 to Family Council/Family Strengths Network; $7,000 to the FirstBorn program of Los Alamos; and smaller awards to other local nonprofits. Weiss said the foundation's fourth-quarter application round had more than $80,000 in funding requests and the grant committee will meet next week to review applications.
Weiss also described the ABC suicide-prevention curriculum—"Ask, Be present, Connect"—as a roughly 90-minute session (one hour of instruction plus a 30-minute question period) that she and other local trainers offer. She contrasted ABC with QPR, saying ABC is designed to be more accessible: "You do not need to be a trained therapist ... you just need to be present and help connect someone to 988 or 911," Weiss said. Scheduled local sessions she announced included Dec. 15 at noon (Mesa Public Library), Jan. 9 at 9 a.m. (in this building, upstairs) and Feb. 9 at noon (White Rock branch library).
Weiss said the foundation routes grant impact and participation data to InCorum so the larger fellowship can compile regional reports. The foundation also fields requests for private or targeted ABC classes from organizations: Weiss said the Los Alamos CDC recently requested a private session and the foundation will support similar requests where feasible.
The foundation accepts inquiries and applications by email; Weiss said she will distribute the presentation and contact information to council members and other attendees. The council thanked Weiss and asked staff to circulate materials and training dates to local partners.
