[Wsssc] Supporting Behavioral Health and Suicide Prevention Efforts in Washington Postsecondary Institutions

Joe Holliday jholliday at sbctc.edu
Mon Oct 14 14:14:05 PDT 2019


WSSSC Colleagues:

In 2018, the Washington Legislature passed Senate Bill 6514 (S.B. 6514) resulting in RCW 28B.20.510<http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=28B.20.510>, 28B.20.515<http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=28B.20.515> and 28B.20.520<http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=28B.20.520>, on behavioral health and suicide among postsecondary students. The statute has three components:

1.                   Suicide Prevention in Higher Education Grant program for high-need postsecondary institutions;
2.                   Creation of a publicly available resource for optional use by all institutions; and
3.                   Data collection on the prevalence of suicidal behavior and related metrics in postsecondary institutions.

This update is focused on the third component regarding the data collection. The focus is to assess assets and needs regarding behavioral health and suicide prevention services, programs, and awareness at postsecondary institutions. The information collected will be used to inform future policy discussions at the state level.

Forefront Suicide Prevention at the University of Washington, in collaboration with the S.B. 6514 Work Group, is the lead agency on this data collection effort. Scott Latiolais and I both serve on the Work Group.

The multi-sector Work Group has worked collaboratively to identify variables, definitions and data points for this collection and delivered the first survey in 2018-19. The first survey was completed by 85 postsecondary institutions in Washington. A summary and report of the 2018-19 data will be provided to participating institutions in December.

Forefront wants you to be aware of  important changes to take place in the FY2020 and FY2021 data collection.

For your convenience, please find attached a copy of this year’s survey. Please share this document internally with staff who are subject matter experts or will be involved in reporting. Your comments and questions are encouraged at this stage, before the survey goes live. Feedback can be sent to Scott Latiolais, scott.latiolais at cptc.edu<mailto:scott.latiolais at cptc.edu> and/or to me.

In FY 2020 and FY 2021, the survey will significantly decrease in length, including only questions which pertain to the minimum 11 metrics mandated by the Legislature. Note that the complete survey (from 2019) will be used again in FY2022.

Also note the following changes in timeframe: The data collection window this year and in future will be July 1 through June 30.  These dates are chosen to accommodate all academic calendars. The FY2020 reporting period will run through March 31 through July 31.  You will receive the link to the electronic survey by March 31, 2020.

We look forward to collaborative engagement in preventing suicide among our students in Washington State.

                             [Joe]
[Compass]
Joe Holliday
Director, Student Services
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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