Racheal Ward is the Grant Development Officer, Grant Management and Supervisor for the Firearm Suicide Prevention Grant, and Project Director for the CMHC Grant initiative: Coordinated Solutions at FCC Behavioral Health. She has been with the agency for a little over 9 years. Previously, she has held the positions of Program Director of Youth Mental Health and CPRC Services and Clinical Manager of the Stabilization & Crisis Program (now the Behavioral Health Clinic). As the Grant Development Officer, Racheal is responsible for the writing and development of various grant opportunities for FCC Behavioral Health. As the Program Director for Youth CPRC, Racheal was instrumental in working with local school districts to develop a comprehensive school-based program that has spread to many of the school districts in the FCC Behavioral Health catchment area. Under her leadership, the Youth Mental Health Program, known as Youth STAR, grew from a census of 270 to over 1200 active clients.
Presentation(s):
Firearm Suicide Prevention: A Nascent Approach to preventing Suicide in Rural Southeast Missouri