Resilience, Risk Reduction, & Suicide Prevention Program
Suicide Prevention Program

If you, or someone you know are having thoughts of suicide, Please call

1 (800) 273-8255, Press 1

The Oregon Army National Guard has taken a proactive approach to providing holistic care to service members and their families.

We offer guidance and post-vention services following a suicide event (Ideations, Attempts, and Completions).

We strive to be a contact for you to reach and provide resource referral, at any time to:

Increase Unit Resiliency
Improve Unit Readiness by Reducing the Risk of Suicide
Provide Prevention & Intervention Training
Briefings in Support of the Army’s Suicide Prevention Program

The Army’s Ready & Resilient Campaign provides training and briefings to Service Members and their families. Our staff makes it a top priority to promote resilience and risk reduction and to correspondingly decrease suicidal ideations and actions.

This includes enhancing the resilience of our Service Members and Families through:

Institutionalized Training
Leadership Awareness
Prevention & Intervention Programs

Master Resilience Trainers (MRTs) are embedded in units to be a force multiplier and assist the Commanders in making good Soldiers better, and to create stronger relationships within Families.

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"Ideation"

Suicidal thoughts, or suicidal ideation, means thinking about or planning suicide. Thoughts can range from a detailed plan to a fleeting consideration. It does not include the final act of suicide.

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"Attempts"

A suicide attempt is when someone harms themselves with the intent to end their life, but they do not die as a result of their actions.

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"Completions"

[Suicide] Completion is defined as death caused by self-directed injurious behavior with intent to die as a result of the behavior.

CONTACT

PROGRAM LEAD

Steven De Luna

STEVEN DE LUNA
(971) 355-2371
(503) 421-7448

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Vicki Farnsworth

VICKI FARNSWORTH Contractor
(971) 355-3430
(931) 933-3186

STATE RESILIENCE COORDINATOR

SGT Luke Fox

SGT LUKE FOX
(971) 355-3684

PREVENTION COORDINATOR

Michael Metzger

MICHAEL METZGER Contractor
(503) 584-3457

SUICIDE PREVENTION COORDINATOR

Kalani Matanza

KALANI MATANZA Contractor
(503) 584-2422