Our Priorities
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) brings together the best thinking and resources from the public and private sectors to steward and advance the goals and objectives of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (National Strategy)—the road map for a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide.
In its role as steward for the National Strategy, the Action Alliance is responsible for setting a shared vision and approach for identifying and coordinating opportunities to build, scale, and strengthen the national response to suicide.
Learn more about our Strategic Plan.
Improving Effective Suicide Prevention in Healthcare
Advance focused, effective solutions that scale within and across health systems.
Improving Effective Suicide Prevention in Healthcare is one of five Strategic Priorities that will direct the Action Alliance’s focus from 2024 to 2027.
A key element of suicide prevention is ensuring that people at risk for suicide receive the most effective and appropriate care. The Action Alliance will continue helping to transform suicide care through national Zero Suicide efforts and care transitions. Ensuring that health systems are set up to identify when people are struggling and to provide responsive, supportive care is a key priority to reducing suicide in the United States.
Learn more about the Action Alliance’s current and prior work below:
- Care transitions
- Clinical workforce
- Financing of suicide-related care
- Standard care for health care settings
- Zero Suicide initiatives
Check back for more information on how the Action Alliance will advance focused, effective solutions that scale within and across health systems through our Improving Effective Suicide Prevention in Healthcare Priority.
Improving Effective Suicide Prevention in Healthcare advances efforts in support of the 2024 National Strategy through the following:
- Strategic Direction 2: Treatment and Crisis Services
- GOAL 8: Implement effective suicide prevention services as a core component of health care.
- GOAL 8: Implement effective suicide prevention services as a core component of health care.
About Action Alliance
The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance) is the public-private partnership charged with championing suicide prevention as a national priority. The Action Alliance has the unique ability to engage and unify passionate organizations and leaders in all sectors to collaborate toward a national and comprehensive approach to suicide prevention.
Learn more about Our Strategy.
