Fifteen community mental health centers volunteered to participate in early Zero Suicide activities, including committing to train all staff in a best practice suicide prevention curriculum and assess staff capacities in engaging, identifying, and serving individuals with suicide risk.
Denton County MHMR provided the initial leadership to pilot additional components of the Zero Suicide Framework in 2013. Expansion of these efforts was initiated in 2014 through a learning community model. The following 11 partner sites participated in the first cohort of the Zero Suicide Learning Community within the state. In 2015, 12 additional organizations were selected to participate.
Cohort 1 Sites (2014-2016)
- Austin Travis County Integral Care
- Bluebonnet Trails Community Services
- Border Region Behavioral Health Center
- Coastal Plains Community Center
- Denton County MHMR
- Hill Country Community MHMR Center
- MHMRA of Harris County
- MHMR of Tarrant County
- Spindletop Center
- Tri-County Services
- Tropical Texas Behavioral Health
Cohort 2 Sites (2015-2016):
- Andrews Center
- Behavioral Health Center of Nueces County
- Betty Hardwick Center
- MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley
- Center for Life Resources
- Gulf Bend Center
- Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center
- Helen Farabee Centers
- Texas Panhandle Centers
- Pecan Valley Centers
- StarCare Lubbock
- Texana Center
