1-570-253-0321

Michelle Valinski
Behavioral Health Program Director
648 Park St.
Honesdale, PA 18431
Phone: 1-570-253-4262

Amy Bass/Michelle Valinski
Preventive Services of Child Death Review Team
Wayne County
Phone: 1-570-253-4262

Northeast Suicide Prevention Task Force

Northeast Suicide Prevention Initiative (NSPI) is a non-profit 501 (c) (3). NSPI are all volunteers meeting monthly to coordinate formal clinical and community suicide prevention trainings and survivor activities.

Training for school, medical, law enforcement and corrections personnel
Parent education
Student education

Substance abuse prevention
Media guidelines for suicide coverage
Statistics being gathered based on surveys of school-age youth; the surveys address issues surrounding suicide as well as depression. The Student Assistance Program team has begun using the Gun Violence Prevention Workbook.

Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons)
Community screening
Screening in physicians’ offices

*Inpatient unit: none in county, but contracts with Northwestern Human services to provide crisis services
*School-based mental health services: Northwestern Human Services

Support group: Wayne Memorial Hospital. Also “Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group,” for those who have lost someone to suicide. The format is educational/support with occasional speakers. Dates and location.

Survivors of Suicide Group

Wayne Memorial Hospital, Conference Room 3
601 Park Street
Honesdale, Pennsylvania 18431

Contact Person: Michelle Valinski
570-253-4262

Meeting/Month: Held monthly on the fourth Thursday of the month from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

Charge: NO