#BeThe1To Website - "Be The One To Help Save a Life" provides visitors with a simple and direct 5-Step guide designed for anyone to follow to help prevent suicide.  Includes videos, print resources, and testimonials.

Seize The Awkward - Provides sample questions and conversation prompts to help navigate discussions about suicide with anyone.

Youth Suicide Warning Signs - Provides guidelines for peers, healthcare professionals, parents/caregivers, and other "Gatekeepers" to watch for and respond to signs of suicide risk in youth.

Walk the Talk America - WTTA is a non-profit dedicated to bridging the gap between mental health and responsible gun ownership. Their mission is to enhance the perception of mental health among gun owners while elevating the standard of mental health care within this community.  They offer Free Online Screening for a variety of concerns, including suicide risk.

Safe Gun Storage Texas - Resources to assist families in achieving safe firearm storage at home from the Texas Department of Public Safety.  Includes a "Safe Gun Storage Checklist", conversation guides, and recommendations for safe storage methods.  Reducing access to lethal means is a powerful way to save lives.

TX HHS Resource List - The Texas Health and Human Services list of Suicide Prevention resources statewide.

Suicide Safer School Roadmap - Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative's planning guide for suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for Texas school districts.  Follow the guidance contained within this program to create a prevention and response plan for your district.  See the example below (Suicide Safer Sample Program) for a model plan.

Suicide Safer Sample Program:  Dickinson ISD Plan - If your district walks through the Suicide Safer Schools Program steps linked just above, the outcome might look similar to the plan linked here.  Dickinson ISD as generously shared their entire plan with anyone in the state who would benefit from seeing a working sample plan.

Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools - This PDF Resource from SAMHSA toolkit assists high schools and school districts in designing and implementing strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health. 

988 Safety Plan Template & SAMHSA Safety Plan Tearaway Pads - These two links provide access to two different formats of safety plans, which some school counselors may need as part of creating suicide prevention plans for their district. 

Safe Gun Storage Texas - Resources to assist families in achieving safe firearm storage at home from the Texas Department of Public Safety.  Includes a "Safe Gun Storage Checklist", conversation guides, and recommendations for safe storage methods.  Reducing access to lethal means is a powerful way to save lives.

Safe Firearms Storage Flyer - One page flyer from Texas School Safety Center offering schools guidance on requirements to share safe firearm storage practices (supports HB 3, Section 19, 88th Legislature.)

AS+K Suicide Prevention Training - Learn about how to train as a "Gatekeeper", taking an active role in helping to prevent suicide in Texas schools and communities (from the Texas Suicide Prevention Collaborative.) 

Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) - Reducing access to lethal means is a powerful way to help save lives of students and community members struggling with suicidal thoughts.  This link leads to the portal for an online self-paced course.  ESC 14 consultants are also able to provide this training in-person.

Hope Squad - A peer-to-peer suicide prevention program designed to reduce the risk of youth suicide through education, training, and peer intervention.