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Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide (REPS) provides suicide crisis support, suicide prevention, and suicide support groups in Routt and Moffat counties in Northwestern Colorado.
Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Adolescents/Youth (13-19 years)
Adults
Families
Military
People/Families with of People with Psychological Disabilities
This is a monthly support group that anyone in the community can attend. It is led by a Grief Specialist with a PhD. The Support group is for anyone who has lost a friend or loved one to suicide or is interested in supporting those with their loss.
Community Development
Adolescents/Youth (13-19 years)
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Veterans
Young Adults (20-25 years)
Hi Mindy, I just wanted to personally thank you for all of the immense LOVE and SUPPORT during my dark nights. I have been going through many incredibly painful events, including reminders of the past. On top of CLIMATE CHANGE guilt, grief, and despair...I was feeling extremely hopeless in terms of what the future holds. I started cutting my arm for the first time in July as a means to release pain, for fear of going back to numbing myself with work, drugs, or depression. I have tried soooo many avenues for NUMBING, but not many for HEALING. This is where REPS comes in.
I am eternally grateful for the awareness that REPS is showing in my town of Steamboat Springs. They seem to be ahead of the game when it comes to catching human life just in time, as if by some MIRACLE the hand of GOD is reaching down through these people to save lives. Mindy reached out to me via a friend, and was in contact with my wife within a few hours. Only hours before that, I was driving on RIVER ROAD trying to flip my car into the river. Fortunately for me those Subaru AWD systems are just a little too good. The next day my wife told me about some offering from a local organization REPS
At first I was a bit hesitant to speak with someone or try traditional therapy, as I have been down that avenue and did not find many factors that fit with my lifestyle of natural and alternative healing. Mindy and the team at REPS were amazing at finding me a therapist that aligned with my needs, and made me feel safe, respected, and loved the entire time. They put me in contact with Roger Reynolds who practices healing using a more alternative approach that I happily welcomed.
Roger and REPS have been INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING MY LIFE! This is even an understatement in my opinion. Before REPS, my poor wife was at the will of whatever my crazy mind would draw up that day. Financial issues have been a big part of that stress and anxiety leading to my suicidal depression. Thankfully, REPS offered MY WIFE AND I BOTH MULTIPLE FREE SESSIONS, and Roger Reynolds and my wife's therapist are working with us on a sliding scale while we transition into a more stable financial situation.
This is simply the tip of the iceberg. I cannot tell you enough how much REPS has been the catalyst I was waiting for and helped me find help to see brighter days. My state of mind went from HOPELESSNESS to PURPOSEFUL after only one session with Roger. I will live to tell the tale of only one of the many lives that will be touched through REPS and the amazing humans in Steamboat Springs. THANK YOU !
Gratefully alive,
-Adam Bragg
Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Adolescents/Youth (13-19 years)
Alcohol, Drug, Substance Abusers
Every Fall, REPS reaches over 200 Freshman students in Shawn Bumgardner's health class providing education and awareness about REPS services and programs while providing education and awareness using evidence based documentaries and Q & A discussion.
On average 68% of students felt better educated about the benefits of reaching out for help after the REPS presentation.
80% of students learned more about REPS and the services and programs we provide in the community.
Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Adults
Youth/Adolescents only (14 - 19 years)
Adolescents/Youth (13-19 years)
Families
Parents
QPR can be easily and simply defined as suicide prevention first aid. QPR training instructs how to ask a friend or classmate if they are considering suicide ("Question") and how to keep a person at risk in safety until professional mental health support can be brought to the scene ("Persuade" and "Refer").
Measurable outcomes will be accomplished in three ways: 1) a statistical reduction in suicide attempts, ideation and completed suicides among our youth and adults in Routt County; 2) an increase in numbers of young people seeking treatment for depresssion of other mental health disorders before becoming suicidal; 3) a perception of program value and changing attitudes as reflected from surveys of youth and school counseling personnel both before and after participating in the programs.
Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Children Only (5 - 14 years)
Young Adults (20-25 years)
Youth/Adolescents only (14 - 19 years)
At-Risk Populations
Families
Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide (REPS), in cooperation with the Yampa Valley Community Foundation, will be administering counseling assistance to local youth up to age 22 through support from the Jeffrey Allen Dye Suicide Prevention Fund; and for adults age 23 and up through the Kreger-Liman Fund. Both Funds will pay for 3 free counseling sessions with any approved therapist for those in financial need.
Full utilization of mental health resources for people of all ages regardless of ability to pay; anecdotal evidence from counselors and therapists that program is working and having a positive effect.
Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Adults
Children ages 5 to 21
Adolescents/Youth (13-19 years)
Parents
Veterans
ASIST is founded on the principle that everyone can make a difference in preventing suicide. The more people in the community who have suicide intervention training, the more likely it is they will be able to identify someone at risk and intervene to keep them safe. A two day workshop gives participants the knowledge and skills that will help them know how to intervene when they fear someone might be at risk for suicide and/or suffering from depression. ASIST graduates save lives by identifying persons at risk and keeping them safe from harm until they are referred to the proper mental health resources. ASIST is offered free of charge to participants and costs REPS between $3-4000 per training session with up to 30 individuals included in each session.
ASIST workshops, like QPR, are intended to change the community culture and attitude toward mental health and suicidal behavior. When a critical number of residents have been trained, the question of suicidal ideation will be asked of everyone living with mental illness, depression, or those facing life crises. There will be little or no stigma attached to suicidal thinking. Community members in need of counseling or therapy will find it readily available; and assisted in achieving long term mental health. Almost everyone who completes an ASIST workshop finds the opportunity to ask a friend, neighbor, colleague, or even someone in their own family, if they are considering suicide. There is no bad answer. If someone is capable of responding to the question, they are alive and the mental health resources of the community can be brought to bear as necessary.
Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Adults
Children ages 5 to 21
Adults
Families
Veterans
SPA volunteer program works with patients who have been admitted to the local hospital for psychiatric evaluation because they are considered a risk to harm themselves. Hospital policy requires each patient in the ED in need of an emergency psychiatric evaluation have supervision to insure their safety and the safety of others. In the past, security personnel provided this service. Security personnel are not allowed to talk to patients. REPS developed the SPA program to provide a way for patients to have supervision while providing compassionate, supportive services during the evaluation process. REPS volunteer services decrease the stress and isolation associated with the psychiatric evaluation process and provide patients with mental health resources available to them in the community. SPA is a unique advocacy program that is a potential model for emergency mental health treatment throughout the region.
The SPA program has only been in operation since 2012 but since that time, no patients who have been counseled and enrolled in a mental health counseling program have returned to the hospital or died by suicide. This 100 percent suicide survivor rate is very strong evidence of program success.
The REPS SPA Program is the first of it's kind in the state of Colorado and continues to grow with more than 25 all Volunteer suicide prevention advocates in Routt County.
