EDUCATION-18338 - USA (Albany, New York) - Sources of Strength Training Service - Deadline October 28,2026

(1) Vendor needs to provide sources of strength training service to the government authority located in Albany, NY. – Deliver the sources of strength trainings to high schools in agency. – Promote, coordinate, and strategically advance suicide prevention with the aim of reducing suicide attempts and deaths among agency.– Sources of strength is a universal school–based suicide prevention program designed to build protective influences across a defined adolescent population and reduce the likelihood that vulnerable youth die by suicide.– Conduct prevention activities through direct personal contacts and presentations/media designed to promote healthy coping norms and youth–adult connectedness, including help seeking for distress and suicide concerns. – The program trains students as peer leaders and connects them with mentoring adult advisors at school and in the community.– Components: • Orienting school leadership with an overview of the sources of strength program, including keys to successful implementation.• Developing clear protocols to ensure safety of students identified as suicidal, which includes referrals for mental health evaluations.• Increasing school staff member’s preparation through training, which includes knowledge of their role in the sources of strength program, as well as knowledge of their school protocol and procedures for responding to students in life threatening crisis.• Youth are engaged through careful selection and training of peer leaders from diverse student groups, using the sources of strength curriculum.(2) All the questions must be submitted no later than September 16, 2026. (3) The contract period will be for five years.