The initiative aims to reduce suicide rates of LGBTQ+ people between the ages of 10 and 24.
A yellow ribbon is the symbol for Suicide Prevention Month, which occurs in September.
A new $3.6 million federal grant will fund four more years of suicide-prevention work at University Health targeting LGBTQ+ youth, according to officials with the county-owned health system. The money will go to the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Blueprint for Adults and Youth program, which strives to reduce the suicide rate of LGBTQ+ people between the ages of 10 and 24. One of the program's objectives is to lower
the number of suicide attempts in Bexar County by 10% over the next four years, according to University Health officials. “It’s the beginning of another four years of very intense work, but we’re glad to be doing it,” University Health Director of Population Health Mercedes Ingram said in an emailed statement.
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