The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has set a bold goal to reduce the annual suicide rate in the United States 20% by the year 2025. Through leading research, system dynamics modeling, and with guidance from leaders in suicide prevention research and practice, AFSP has identified four critical prevention areas where suicide prevention strategies must be implemented and scaled nationwide to significantly reduce the suicide rate and potentially save more than 20,000 lives of five years.

These four critical areas – firearms, healthcare systems, emergency departments, and correctional systems – each include a significant numbe of individuals at-risk for suicide and are therefore the settings in which we must intervene to save the most lives in the shortest amount of time. But we cannot do it alone. Through our chapter network, we are mobilizing institutions, associations and individuals across healthcare, corrections, and the firearms community. Join this session and learn what is happening and how you can be a part of Project 2025!

Once this session is complete, you will be able to:

1) Discuss new emerging evidence in the field of suicide research, including health and mental health disparities and inequities; and,

2) Summarize evidence-based practices and tools within the four areas that are shown through research to save lives.