Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention

Overview
Headquarters: 
Frankfort, IL, USA
Website: 
preventconstructionsuicide.com
Size: 
1-10 employees
Founded: 
2018
Annual Budget : 
Under $100,000
Areas of Focus: 
Mental Health / Crisis Intervention
Association / Union
Community Service / Capacity Building / Volunteerism
Philanthropy / Grantmaking Foundation
Populations Served: 
All Populations
About Us
Mission: 

Our mission is to provide and disseminate information and resources for suicide prevention and mental health promotion in construction with the goal of creating a zero suicide industry.

Programs: 

Stand Up for Suicide Prevention

There are approximately three jobsite fatalities in construction every day and an estimated 10 to 12 suicides among construction workers. In the construction industry, mental health awareness and suicide prevention are just as important as job safety issues.

Now is the time for the industry to STAND up for suicide prevention and address it as a health and safety priority by creating safe cultures, providing training to identify and help those at risk, raising awareness about the suicide crisis in construction, normalizing conversations around suicide and mental health, and ultimately decreasing the risks associated with suicide in construction.

Why Work For Us?: 

The Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (CIASP) was born out of necessity in response to a statistics released in a CDC study ranking construction as the #1 industry for deaths by suicide. Established by the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) in 2016 to shatter the stigma surrounding mental health issues, CIASP became a stand alone 501(c)(3) organization in 2018 to raise awareness about suicide prevention and provide resources and tools to unite and support the construction community.

CIASP is dedicated to changing the statistics by educating and equipping organizations, industry service providers and construction professionals to STAND Up for suicide prevention and address it as a health and safety priority.

industry: 
Nonprofit