Goal: Promote a systematic “Zero Suicide” approach, rooted in the understanding that suicide can be prevented in people receiving care in health and behavioral health systems.

Objective: Increase implementation of the Zero Suicide framework, with fidelity, for health and behavioral health systems in Wisconsin.

Action Steps:

1. Engage organizational leadership about the importance and need for implementing the Zero Suicide framework.

2. Assemble an organizational implementation team that includes leadership, direct practice clinicians, individuals with lived experience, electronic health record representatives, and collaboration with key community partners to provide resources and promote Zero Suicide within the organization and community.

3. Encourage universal suicide screenings across all health and behavioral health settings.

4. Create a care pathway for individuals at risk of suicide to move to assessment and safety planning.

5. Provide training on suicide screenings, assessment, safety planning, and evidence-based suicide care treatments as outlined in the Zero Suicide framework.