---
title: Building Capacity Around Suicide Prevention in Tribal Child Welfare Programs
description: "**Summary:**While depression and suicide affect everyone, American Indian and Alaskan Native people are at a higher risk, and Native youth are especially vulnerable. This tipsheet shared resources to help professionals develop strategies to prevent suicide.   **Application: **The resources compiled here…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/crisis-response-and-suicide-prevention/building-capacity-around-suicide-prevention-in-tribal-child-welfare-programs/"
updated: "2026-08-04"
category: Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Tipsheet
  - Tribes
---

# Building Capacity Around Suicide Prevention in Tribal Child Welfare Programs

**Summary:**While depression and suicide affect everyone, American Indian and Alaskan Native people are at a higher risk, and Native youth are especially vulnerable. This tipsheet shared resources to help professionals develop strategies to prevent suicide.

 

**Application: **The resources compiled here can support the development or enhancement of suicide prevention efforts and tribal child welfare best practice within your program and community.

 

**Source: **Capacity Building Center for Tribes

 

 

 

[READ MORE](https://www.ntcwcia.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Building-Capacity-Around-Suicide-Prevention-Resource-List.pdf)

 

 

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