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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention (SASP) Program

Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (SPIP) Program

The Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (SPIP) program promotes the use and development of evidence-based and practice-based models with culturally appropriate treatment approaches to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Tribal and Urban communities within a community-driven context.

The 36 SPIP grantees focus on the prevention, intervention, and postvention of suicide ideation, suicide attempts, and suicides among AI/AN populations. The primary purpose of this program is to reduce the prevalence of suicide among AI/AN communities. Grantees will accomplish these goals by:

  • Improving care coordination;
  • Expanding behavioral health care services through the use of culturally appropriate evidence-based and practice-based models to address these issues; and
  • Developing or expand on activities for the Gen-I Initiative by implementing early intervention strategies for AI/AN youth at risk for suicidal behavior, in addition to any proposed activities for the adult population.

Read the Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (SPIP) Fact Sheet.

Read the list of 2022 SPIP grantees.

Read the SPIP grantees’ project summaries.