Tribal Suicide Prevention

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Key points

  • CDC is working with tribes to reduce risk and increase protective factors to prevent suicide among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
  • Tribes develop locally tailored, community-based strategies to prevent suicide.
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Overview

American Indian and Alaska Native people are at higher risk of dying by suicide compared with other Americans.1

To address this, CDC funds the Tribal Suicide Prevention Program through the Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services in Indian Country cooperative agreement. The tribes and tribal organizations funded are:

Our approach

These tribes and tribal organizations are working to identify, implement, evaluate, and improve locally tailored community-based strategies. CDC's funding supports them to:

  • Enhance locally delivered strategies to reduce risk factors,
  • Develop programs to identify people at risk of suicide and link them to resources,
  • Assess and strengthen local crisis identification resources to prevent suicide clusters, and
  • Build capacity to develop local suicide monitoring systems using available data sources.

Visit A Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention to learn more about approaches with the best available evidence to prevent suicide.

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Content Source:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  1. Stone DM, Cammack AL, Carbone EG. Notes from the Field: Differences in Suicide Rates, by Race and Ethnicity and Age Group — United States, 2018–2023. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2025;74:550–553. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7435a2.