ISPR will assume the role of evaluator for the the new Indiana Suicide Prevention Technical Assistance Center located at the Behavioral Health and Family Studies Institute on the campus of Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne.   Dr. Kathleen O’Connell, the principal investigator for the new Technical Assistance Center, is Director of the Behavioral Health and Family Studies Insitute and has worked for many years with the Indiana Suicde Prevention Council on projects throughout the state.   Formally known as the Indiana Cares Youth Suicide Prevention Project, the Center will provide suicide prevention training to sites and individuals throughout the state of Indiana.   ISPR will assist the Project by assessing the impact of the training programs delivered by the new Center over the three year duration of the award.  Project goals include building infrastructure to expand and coordinate resources available to Indiana communities for youth suicide prevention; developing broad-based support and capacity for youth suicide prevention; assuring that persons responsible for state and local youth suicide prevention efforts have skills in cultural competence that will allow them to effectively engage and collaborate with all Indiana populations; and promoting efforts to reduce access to lethal means and methods of self-harm among youth at risk for suicide.