Suicide Prevention Initiative Moves to Public Health
Summary
The county is restructuring its suicide prevention work: Public Health now convenes prevention efforts under new state BHSA mandates, while Behavioral Health keeps the loss team and postvention services. A new community health coalition kicks off this winter. Local data shows a sharp spike in 2023 at 13.9 deaths per 100,000.
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Last discussed Sep 1, 2026.
Impact analysis
The loss team will now be funded from the Friends of Tulare County donation account because BHSA changes left it without designated funding.
Suicide loss survivors, at-risk residents, and communities like Exeter, Lindsay, and Strathmore with the county's highest rates get targeted outreach.
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