Comunilife

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Comunilife
Latino Youth Suicide Prevention Center Miriam
Steinberg 4419 Third Avenue, Bronx NY
10457 718-364-7700 ext. 5211 msteinberg_at_comunilife
.org Garrett Lee Smith Grant/Tribal Youth Suicide
Prevention and Early Intervention Program
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Comunilifes mission

• Comunilifes mission is to improve the quality of
  life and create a healthier tomorrow for New
  Yorkers with special needs in the Hispanic and
  broader communities by providing culturally
  competent health and human services and a
  continuum of affordable and supportive housing

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What do we do?Trainings

• Coordinate and provide trainings in the Bronx and
  Long Island
• Trainings are provided to clinical and non
  clinical staff. Teenagers, parents and people in
  the community have also attended our trainings
• Prevention, intervention and postvention are our
  focus

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What do we do?Youth and family services

• ?Link teenagers at risk of suicide to mental
  health services
• ?Provide case management to families of girls
  attending Life is Precious
• ?Translation services
• ?Housing applications
• ?School issues
• ?Coordinate and provide health workshops for
  families

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What is unique in our organization?

• ?We provide culturally sensitivity services
• ?Bilingual services
• ?Multicultural Relational Approach?
• ?Evidence-based services are our standards
• ?CBT
• ?Safety Planning
• ?CSSRS
• Trainings that we provide are listed in the best
  practice registry

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Present

• We are providing
• ?FC in Long Island
• ?Lifelines in various schools
• ?Bilingual programs such as Evening of Healing,
  QPR and ASIST
• Outreach in ERs, schools and health fairs
• Life is Precious