Finance Committee - 10/18/2017 Page 3
Mayor Donchess
| will definitely ask about that. If you approve this now, | do have the authority to approve an amendment less
than $10,000 as long as | inform you. | think the point you raise is very good, and we should straighten that
out. | will be glad to come back.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: NAMI New Hampshire (Connect Suicide Prevention Project) Agreement (Value: Not-To-Exceed
$22,580)
MOTION BY ALDERMAN SIEGEL TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
NAMI NH IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $22,580. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS DEPARTMENT 171,
COMMUNITY SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT LEADERSHIP GRANT
ON THE QUESTION
Director Bagley
The Suicide Connect Prevention Project is something that we would through for our young adult leaders
program that will come through our public health network services grant. This is additional funding that has
been provided through the state. The intervention will actually be delivered by a facilitator from NAMI. Our
responsibility is to recruit young adults between 18-25 to participate in this program. It’s a train the trainer type
of model where young adults will learn about prevention, intervention to address, or at least be aware, of their
peers that may have issues with behavior health, depression. That they will be able to identify mental health
disorders that could lead to suicide. Our goal is to get as many young adults trained into the leadership
program and then they would then train young adult leaders in the Nashua and Greater Nashua area.
Alderman O’Brien
| am very supportive. | think this most definitely needed, but why start at the age of 18? In high school is there
a program equivalent to this or the school nurses trained or could benefit from this as well?
Director Bagley
This intervention is directed at the 18-25 year old age group because we found there was a gap for this
particular group. The intervention designed was designed specifically for 18-25 year olds because | did ask
can we go alittle younger. | asked if they are 16 or 27 if they can participate. They can, but not any younger
than that because it is designed for 18-25 year olds. | do not know if there is a program at the high school or
grade level that is designed by NAMI to be implemented.
Alderman Siegel
How do you recruit people to participate? It sounds like a great program
Director Bagley
We have identified a couple of target areas: the Academic Institution, Rivier University, Nashua Community
College. We are looking into working with some of the folks at the Boys and Girls Club and some agencies
that have folks already working with young people and have people in this age range. We had the opportunity
to go to Rivier today. They had a program called “Check In” which is called “Fresh Check Day.” It is midterms
in college right now and students are under a lot of stress. In my experience at Rivier the young adults in
those age range had a lot of anxiety and stress, some which unfortunately led to attempts. There are things
that college campuses are doing so we thought that would be a nice target population to work with. Also
