Our Mission
The mission of the Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Coalition (NSSPC) is to increase awareness, decrease stigma, and implement programs throughout Nebraska aimed at suicide prevention. The NSSPC is a voluntary group made up of committed and passionate people representing public and private agencies, suicide survivors and Nebraskans interested in suicide prevention. NSSPC is recognized by the Department of Health and Human Services as the primary group responsible for coordinating Nebraska’s suicide prevention efforts. NSSPC relies on the generosity of private foundations, grants, and in-kind donations to continue the work of preventing suicide in Nebraska. All money given to NSSPC is invested right back into our communities and into suicide prevention and postvention efforts!
Annually, we enhance and support suicide prevention efforts throughout the state through our Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Coalition Mini-Grant Program. This program annually awards multiple individual $500-$4,000 grants to local suicide prevention coalitions, Local Outreach to Suicide Survivors (LOSS) Teams, schools, communities, and non-profit entities to support local suicide prevention and postvention efforts.
Our Executive Board Members
Founder – Dave Miers, PhD
President – Quinn Lewandowski
Vice President – Jennifer Hagen
Secretary – Jenn Moffett
Treasurer – John Gessert
Jocelyn (Jocie) Kuta
Chad Borgmann
Dave Griek
Christine (Chris) Blanke
When do we meet?
NSSPC holds bi-monthly meetings for interested members of the public on the third Friday of each odd month. Please signup to become a part of our listserv to receive all pertinent meeting information, reminders, and connection links.
Our schedule for 2023 is as follows:
- January 20th
- March 17th
- May 19th
- July 21st
- Sept 15th
- Nov 17th
In order to ensure inclusivity to anyone interested in joining us, each meeting will be accessible through video conferencing via ZOOM. You can join a ZOOM meeting from your PC, MAC, tablet, Apple or Android device. The ZOOM application must be downloaded to your device before you can join a ZOOM conference from a device. Each meeting is recorded for record keeping purposes, and by accessing or attending the meeting you are consenting to be recorded for record keeping purposes. All recordings are kept securely and aid directly in providing meeting notes to help further our work.