Effective March 1, 2019, SPAN Idaho will be dissolving.

We have worked diligently with limited financial supports for many years to provide services to the citizens of Idaho. We have assisted our regions within Idaho to start their own local chapters so that the hard work of suicide prevention could be done in our local communities. We have come to the point where we are no longer able to financially continue to provide the level of quality services that we pride ourselves on.

SPAN Idaho will be offering support to all region chapters to continue their good work in their communities during this transition. They are not going away, just evolving.

SPAN Idaho started out as a small group of passionate volunteers, who in the early 2000s’, put together a grassroots suicide prevention task force intended to provide direction for dealing with the high number of suicides in Idaho. Over the years, this group evolved and became a source for information, support and guidance for people dealing with suicide in the state. This group has been the driving force behind many changes that have occurred including the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline, and the efforts occurring on a statewide level through our local chapters and the Suicide Prevention Program. These were all initial goals of the original Suicide Action Plan.

We want to thank each and every one of you for all of your hard work and dedication in preventing suicide in Idaho. It has been a privilege and an honor to meet all of you and to become part of this effort to provide the citizens of Idaho with hope and encouragement.

If you are in need of help or services, please contact the Suicide Prevention Program http://www.spp.dhw.idaho.gov/

Or the Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline

https://www.idahosuicideprevention.org/