Funding Lags for Teen Suicide Prevention ; Officials From Maine Vow to Lower the Youth Death Rate, One of the Nation's Highest, with Programs. Series: Youth Suicide
Portland Press Herald › November 21, 2004
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Calling Maine's high teen suicide rate a public health crisis, the state's congressional leaders have vowed to increase suicide awareness and prevention programs.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe and Democratic Rep. Tom Allen promise to pursue federal funding to address the problem.See the full content of this document
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Funding Lags for Teen Suicide Prevention ; Officials From Maine Vow to Lower the Youth Death Rate, One of the Nation's Highest, with Programs. Series: Youth Suicide
Maine has the highest suicide rate for residents ages 15 to 24 in New England, and it ranked eighth-highest nationally in that age group between 2001 and 2002, the most recent figures available.
Snowe, Allen and Collins believe the most likely source of federal money for increasing awareness and for prevention programs is the newly passed Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.It provides $82 million nationwide from 2005-07 for suicide preventio...See the full content of this document
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