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 A Culturally Informed, Data-Driven Suicide Prevention Model Built for Statewide Impact
PROSPER partners with states to strengthen suicide prevention capacity across public safety, education, healthcare, and community systems. Our approach is grounded in evidence, shaped by culture, and designed for scale, with the understanding that one size does not fit all when it comes to suicide prevention.
Post-training survey data from more than 600 full-day participants demonstrates that PROSPER consistently increases confidence, comfort, and practical competence to respond to suicide risk across diverse roles, regions, and community contexts.
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What States Need From Suicide Prevention Training
 What States Need From Suicide Prevention Training
States are tasked with implementing suicide prevention strategies that work across urban, rural, frontier, and culturally distinct communities. Approaches built around a single script or rigid model often fail to account for differences in local values, trusted messengers, and system realities.
PROSPER is built on the understanding that effective suicide prevention must be culturally informed and locally responsive while still maintaining consistency and accountability at the state level.
PROSPER training focuses on three outcomes that translate across cultures and systems:
Confidence helping someone who is suicidal
Comfort engaging in direct, respectful conversations about suicide risk
Competence to support safety in personal, professional, and community contexts
These outcomes reflect readiness that can be adapted to local culture without compromising evidence-based practice.
Proven Outcomes Across State Systems
Post-training results from the full-day PROSPER program show consistently strong outcomes across all major systems states rely on, even though those systems operate in very different cultural and professional environments.
First Responders (Law Enforcement, Fire, Dispatch, EMS)
100 percent report confidence helping someone who is suicidal
98 percent report comfort engaging in suicide-related conversations
100 percent report professional competence to respond
Average scores exceed 3.6 out of 4 across all measures
Educators (K–12 and Higher Education)
98 percent report confidence helping someone who is suicidal
99 percent report comfort engaging in supportive conversations
100 percent report professional competence
Average competence score of 3.53 out of 4
Healthcare and Behavioral Health Professionals
98 percent report confidence and comfort
99 percent report professional competence
Average competence score of 3.74 out of 4
These outcomes show that PROSPER adds value even in systems with existing clinical training, supporting culturally responsive engagement rather than rigid clinical scripts.
Designed for Culturally Informed Statewide Implementation
One Framework, Many Communities
PROSPER was intentionally designed to support statewide consistency without cultural uniformity. The core framework remains evidence-based, while delivery and application are responsive to local context, values, and systems.
State partners value PROSPER because it acknowledges that one size does not fit all, supports rural, frontier, tribal, and urban communities, uses culturally informed language and examples, respects role boundaries across professions, and maintains clear, defensible outcome measures for accountability.
This balance allows states to meet policy and reporting requirements while honoring community identity and local needs.
Partner With PROSPER
Build a Statewide Suicide Prevention Strategy That Fits Your Communities
PROSPER works collaboratively with Governor’s offices, health departments, education agencies, and community partners to design suicide prevention strategies that are evidence-based, culturally informed, and locally adaptable.
State partnerships may include statewide or regional training initiatives, community-specific adaptations within a consistent framework, sector-specific training pathways, and data-informed reporting to support funding, policy, and accountability.
If your state is seeking a suicide prevention partner that delivers measurable outcomes while recognizing that effective prevention looks different across communities, PROSPER is ready to collaborate.