The focus of the Suicide Prevention Task Force is to reduce suicide by actively supporting safety initiatives and mental health services like Lock and Talk Livingston, Safe Talk, SUNY Geneseo’s Out of the Darkness Walk and 988. Task Force members are available for presentations at local groups and provide materials for outreach.
The Suicide Prevention Task Force (SPTF) meets monthly except for December, on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 2:45pm. Meetings are held at the Livingston County Mental Health office located at 4600 Millennium Dr, Geneseo. Meetings are held in person or via zoom. Email info@gvhp.org for Zoom information and agenda.
Step by Step, the newly formed Support Group for those living with suicide and sudden loss meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 4:30pm at the Chip Holt Nature Center located in Vital Park in Lakeville. There are opportunities for talking, resource information, potential guest speakers, journaling exercises, art activities, may have a book club type exercise. Activities will be offered based on interest of those attending, this will be a safe space to process a suicide loss with others who have experienced the enormity of such a loss.
