The Monroe County Suicide Prevention Coalition is dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people at risk and those impacted by suicide.

 

Membership to the Monroe County Suicide Coalition is open to service providers, representatives from local communities of faith, law enforcement and other organizations concerned with the reduction of incidents of suicide in our community and reducing the stigma associated with suicide. The coalition meets the 4th Wednesday of each month from 2pm-3pm in Showers City Hall. Current members of the Suicide Prevention Coalition represent the following organizations and agencies:

 

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

• Bloomington Hospital

• Bloomington Meadows Hospital

• Bloomington Police Department

• Catholic Charities Bloomington

• Centerstone

• City of Bloomington

• Eldercare Connections

• Indiana Suicide Prevention Coalition

• Mental Health America of Monroe County

• Monroe County Community School Corporation

• Monroe County Probation

• Monroe County YMCA

• National Alliance on Mental Illness

Contact Coalition Chair Michele Simms (msimmsrn@gmail.com) for more information.