The Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board (CTSAB) was established January 2012 through the merger of the 1989 legislatively-mandated CT Youth Suicide Advisory Board under the CT Department of Children and Families (DCF), and the CT Department of Public Health’s Interagency Suicide Prevention Network to create one state-level Suicide Advisory Board to address suicide across the lifespan. The CTSAB is tri-chaired by the CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and the DCF, and Brian Dagle Foundation, and is the single state-level advisory board in Connecticut that addresses suicide prevention, intervention and response across the lifespan per revised legislation (PA 22-58; CGS Chapter 319, 17a-52).

Our Mission:

The CTSAB is a network of diverse advocates, educators and leaders concerned with addressing the problem of suicide with a focus on prevention, intervention, and health and wellness promotion.

Our Vision:

The CTSAB seeks to eliminate suicide by instilling hope across the lifespan.

Our Membership:

The CTSAB is a diverse, collaborative network of over 600 people and 200 agencies representing state and local agencies, profit and non-profits, community and faith-based organizations, hospitals, military, schools, higher education, towns, private citizens, students, survivors, individuals with lived experience, and advocates.

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CTSAB Board

  • Amplify, Inc.
  • Brian Dagle Foundation
  • Charter Oak Family Center, LLC
  • Child Health and Development Institute
  • CHR
  • Connecticut Children’s
  • Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • Connecticut Department of Transportation
  • Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
  • Connecticut State Department of Education
  • Cooperative Educational Services (CES)
  • Correctional Healthcare Quality Improvement Solutions
  • Judicial Branch CSSD
  • Coventry Police Department
  • Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement (CABLE)
  • The Spector Criminal Justice Training Network
  • CT Center for School Safety and Crisis Preparation
  • CT National Guard
  • Department of Children and Families
  • DMHAS
  • Jordan Porco Foundation
  • Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Connecticut
  • National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)
  • Second Thoughts Connecticut
  • State of CT Department of Social Services
  • Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
  • UConn Health
  • Western CT Coalition (Regional Behavioral Health Action Organization for DMHAS Region 5)