Welcome

Welcome to the official website of the

Sault Tribe Alive Youth (STAY) Project!

You will find a lot of great information for youth, teens, college students, young adults, adults, parents, family members, and professionals.  Please allow us to be your source of information on suicide prevention, bullying prevention, and other related issues

The Sault Tribe Alive Youth (STAY) Project is a three year grant, funded by SAMHSA, to prevent suicide.  Please read on for additional information:

The purpose of the STAY Project is to develop and implement a tribal youth suicide and early intervention plan for the eastern and central Upper Peninsula of Michigan, to help our youth stay alive. The STAY Project plan will be based on the Suicide Prevention Plan for Michigan yet will be customized to address the unique needs of Native youth in a rural setting and reflect the significant Native American population of the region.

• The focus of Year One was to enhance the leadership capacity within the region to better address suicide and related risk behaviors.

• The focus of Year Two was to implement the suicide prevention plan with the four target populations:Native American youth ages 10-18, Native American youth ages 18-24, future teachers of our Native American youth, and the families of our Native American youth.

• The focus of Year Three is to continue with suicide prevention activities, to assess initial project outcomes, and to refine project objectives to ensure that the needs of tribal youth are indeed being served.

GOALS:  TO KEEP OUR TRIBAL YOUTH ALIVE

We strive to improve the well-being of our youth by focusing on the spiritual, physical, mental and emotional aspects of health.  Our communities have suffered severe losses to suicide and it’s time to band together because suicide is a preventable tragedy. The overall result of the STAY Project will be a significant reduction in suicide attempts and deaths among Native American youth in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan by the end of the three-year project.

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