2003 Five community partners:

Callaway County Health Department

Callaway County Emergency Management

Callaway County Unit of the American Red Cross

SERVE, Inc. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Emphasis was on developing a core of volunteers to deal with spontaneous volunteers in a supervisory capacity.

Callaway County COAD History

Volunteer recruitment, training, and placement was driven by the American Red Cross and the SERVE Inc. Retired Senior Volunteer agency/programs to support sheltering and mass feeding.

Callaway County Health Department and the Callaway Emergency Management Agency researched volunteer programs to assist with alternative medical support services and volunteers trained in search and rescue.

From 2003 t0 2008

Callaway County COAD

Shared Resources

Trained community volunteers in

American Red Cross Shelter Operations

First Aid

CPR and AED

Worked with area churches, schools in developing Shelter Agreements

Support Community Events Kingdom Days/Street Fair

Employee and Community Health Fairs

2003 - 2008

Callaway Emergency Management Agency CERT Community Emergency Response Team trained and ready to support disaster service providers.

Callaway County Health Department

MRC - Medical Reserve Corps to enhance the emergency preparedness and response capabilities by recruiting and training a corps of medical, non-medical, and public health volunteers to assist in response to community needs, public health issues, and disaster preparedness.

2009 - 2010 callaway county

June 2010 callaway county

Callaway County Commission assigned The Director of the Callaway County Medical Reserve Corps to serve as the

facilitator for the Callaway County COAD

Changes Our name changed to the Callaway County COAD/Citizen Corps Council

Meeting and Committees Monthly Meetings 2nd Thursday of each month from 11:00 a.m. Noon Committees: Mass Care, Human Services (meet from 10:00 11:00 a.m.) Subcommittees: MRC Faith-Based and MRC Suicide Prevention (added in

2011)

Weve Come A long Way

Weve Come A Long way

Weve Come Along Way

2010 Faith-Based Committee promoted a healthy community

Within the Congregation

Current events, studies, activities

Within the Faith Community

Current outreach ministries

events, studies, activities

Community

If we are going to touch the people of our communities, we too must know their sorrows, feel for them in their temptations, stand with them in their heartbreaks.

Billy Graham

Preparedness/Health Issues methods used:

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Education/Awareness Trifold Bulletin Inserts

Newsletter Articles

Adoption of SAMHSAs Eight Dimensions of Wellness

EMOTIONAL

FINANCIAL

SOCIAL

SPIRITUAL

OCCUPATIONAL

PHYSICAL

INTELLECTUAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

3 completed suicides

in Callaway County

the last 38 days of the year.

2011 Happy New Year

2012

January

1 completed suicide

for a total of

4 in 39 day period

November 24, 2011 January 1, 2012

Requested the development of a Suicide Prevention Committee to address suicide intervention and prevention.

MRC Faith Based Committee

MRC Suicide Prevention Committee

Suicide Prevention Partners

American Red Cross * Fulton Public Schools

Callaway County Sheriffs Office

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Health)

1st Presbyterian Church * Church of Jesus Christ LDS

Callaway County Public Health * Compass Prevention

Heartland Church of the Nazarene * United Church of Christ Callaway County Medical Reserve Crops

Mental Health Resources

Gaps Addressed in 2011 and 2012

Suicide Prevention Training

SP Trained Trainers

Callaway County Mental Health Services

Educational Materials

Awareness Events / Programming

Agenda

1. QPR (Question Persuade Refer) Trainings

2. CALM Training

(Counsel on Access to Lethal Means)

3. Mental Health First Aid Training

4. ASIST Training

(Applied Skills Intervention Skills Training)

5. suicideTALK

6. Out Of The Darkness Walk

February 14, 2013 MRC Suicide Prevention Meeting

Out of the Darkness Walk

September 15, 2013

Fulton State Hospital

2013 September

National Preparedness

Month

Safe Sunday

Preparedness Education September 8, 2013

Holiday

Mental Health Education

Signs of Suicide

December 1 30, 2013

2013 Suicides

County Only

Callaway County

Sheriffs Department

January 1 May 17, 2013

Completed 2

Serious Attempts 12

Attempts - 42

Not Known

These numbers do not show:

Auxvasse

City of Fulton

Holts Summit

New Bloomfield

2013-2014 Whats Under Constrution

SAMHSA Model

One Voice One Community

Partners

Churches

Faith-Based Agencies/Organizations

Medical Community

Mental Health Services

Contact Information

Pam Phelps, Facilitator Callaway County COAD Phone: 573 642 6881 ext. 243 Email: phelpp@lpha.mopublic.org

Callaway County Health Department

4950 County Road 304, Fulton, MO 65251

Mylene Dunn, Facilitator COAD Suicide Prevention Committee

Phone: 573 642 6881 ext. 224 Email: dunnm2@lpha.mopublic.org