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Coalitions, support group facilitators, and other suicide prevention partners identified these needs and topics to be addressed through the PSW Coalition. The following agenda is a working document to organize the resources shared by PSW coalition leaders and partners throughout ongoing conversations regarding our response to stress related to COVID19. 

1. Coping with COVID-19 Stress/Mental Health
•  MHA-WI's Mental Health & COVID-19 Resources
2. Mindful Self-Compassion (Barbara Moser, CompassionMKE)
• Now Matters Now Resource
3. Safe Messaging (Leah Rolando, MHA of WI)
• Reporting on Suicide during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Caring Letter Example from Milwaukee Behavioral Division (BHD)
• Chicago Tribune article on Pandemic Suicide Risk (see Jonathon Singer's comments re: messaging about protective factors)
4. Mutual Aid (Erica Steib, MHA of WI) - Wisconsin List of Current Mutual Aid Networks; How to Create a Mutual Aid Network; Safety Practices for Mutual Aid During COVID19; Article: How Govt Failure to Address Coronavirus is Sparking A Mutual Aid Revolution
5. Peer Support/Warm Lines  
• Community Resilience and Response Task Force at State Emergency Operations Center (Maggie Northrop, DHS)
• Resilient Wisconsin
• HOPELINE, Wisconsin's Crisis Text Line Keyword Partnership (Barb Bigalke, Center for Suicide Awareness)
6. County crisis services – Mental health and substance use (Michelle Larson, DHS)
7. Mental Health Toolkit for May (Debbie Rueber, Kenosha County Aging & Disability Resource Center)
8. Virtual Trainings (Leah Rolando, MHA of WI)
• Recognition and Response Trainings
• Suicide care trainings for Providers
9. Postvention/Suicide Loss Support Groups (Leah Rolando, MHA of WI) - AFSP Webinar Recording: Creating and Managing Virtual Suicide Bereavement Support Groups
10. Telehealth/Telepsychology (Leah Rolando, MHA of WI) - SPRC Webinar-Treating Suicidal Patients during COVID-19: Best Practices and Telehealth
11. Parenting Support Resources (Leah) - PEP Webinar Series: Parenting during the Coronavirus
12. School Support – Students and Educators (TBD)
13. Zero Suicide Implementation during COVID19
1. Early Detection Systems (Sarah Bassing-Sutton and Beth Clay, N.E.W. Mental Health Connection)
2. Means Safety in the Home (Jean Papalia, Safe Communities Madison-Dane County; Andrea Nauer-Waldschmidt, Milwaukee BHD)
14. Death Review Teams (TBD)