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The Caring Connection intervention integrates engagement and follow-up strategies to assess\u002Fmonitor suicide risk, facilitate service use referrals\u002Flinkages, develop\u002Frefine safety plans, and create villages of care. The Caring Connections intervention incorporates culturally promotive factors, empowerment, and motivational strategies to support, enhance strengths, promote hope, improve family relationships, and reinforce caring messages. This consumer-, community-, and theory-driven care coordination intervention is designed to reduce suicide ideation and behavior (SIB) by improving service engagement and delivery standards. Caring Connections is implemented by Peer Support Specialists and Community Health Workers assigned to mental health \"hubs\" in Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) to facilitate standardization and access to care.",[13],"Behavioral: Caring Connections",{"label":15,"type":16,"description":17,"interventionNames":18},"Treatment as Usual","ACTIVE_COMPARATOR","The treatment-as-usual arm includes care coordination services provided by Peer Support Specialists and Community Health Workers in the faith-based organization mental health hubs. This condition includes screening to determine youth suicide risk (high vs. low). Youth presenting with high risk are typically referred to an inpatient treatment facility. Youth presenting with low risk may be referred to a local outpatient provider. Mental health hub staff may attempt to follow up with families (typically not more than a one-time check-in) to ensure they are connected to the referral source. Following initial referrals, mental health hubs typically continue to provide crisis response and referral services to youth and caregivers as needed.",[19],"Behavioral: Treatment as Usual",[21,26],{"type":22,"name":9,"description":23,"armGroupLabels":24,"otherNames":25},"BEHAVIORAL","Participants received the Caring Connections Intervention.",[9],null,{"type":22,"name":15,"description":27,"armGroupLabels":28,"otherNames":25},"Participants received Treatment as Usual",[15],[30],{"name":31,"affiliation":5,"role":32},"Sonyia C Richardson, Ph.D.","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",[34,38],{"name":31,"role":35,"phone":36,"phoneExt":25,"email":37},"CONTACT","919-445-1235","sonyia.richardson@unc.edu",{"name":39,"role":35,"phone":36,"phoneExt":25,"email":40},"Margaret Phipps-Bennett, M.S.W.","marp@unc.edu",[42],{"facility":43,"status":44,"city":45,"state":46,"zip":47,"country":48,"countryCode":49,"cosmosGeoPoint":50,"geoPoint":55,"contacts":56},"The University of North Carolina at Charlotte","RECRUITING","Charlotte","North Carolina","28223","United States","US",{"type":51,"coordinates":52},"Point",[53,54],-80.84313,35.22709,{"lat":54,"lon":53},[57,59,60],{"name":31,"role":35,"phone":36,"phoneExt":25,"email":58},"Sonyia.Richardson@unc.edu",{"name":39,"role":35,"phone":36,"phoneExt":25,"email":40},{"name":61,"role":32,"phone":25,"phoneExt":25,"email":25},"Sonyia C Richardson, PhD",{"type":63,"investigatorFullName":25,"investigatorTitle":25,"investigatorAffiliation":25,"oldNameTitle":25,"oldOrganization":25},"SPONSOR",[65,68],{"name":66,"class":67},"National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)","NIH",{"name":69,"class":6},"Robert Wood Johnson Foundation","100543272","caring-connections-youth-suicide-detection-and-intervention-study-100543272",false,"NCT06353711","Caring Connections Youth Suicide Detection and Intervention Study","CA-LINC Randomized Control Trial Study","CA-LINC","Inclusion Criteria:\n\nYouth:\n\n* 13 - 19 years old\n* Current or recent history (\\\u003C90 days) of suicide ideation, planning, or attempts or nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviors per youth or caregiver self-report or positive screen on the Patient Health Questionnaire Adolescent (PHQ-A), C-SSRS, or Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ).\n* Able to fluently speak and read English\n* Youth with a prior history of difficulty accessing services.\n* Written assent to participate in the study (\\\u003C18 years old)\n* Written consent from a parent\u002Flegal guardian\u002Fcaregiver to participate in the study (\\\u003C18 years old)\n* Written consent if the youth is ages 18-19\n\nParents\u002FLegal Guardians\u002FCaregivers:\n\n* The primary caregiver of a youth who meets the above inclusion criteria for the study\n* Over the age of 18\n* Able to fluently speak and read English\n* Without intellectual disabilities\n* Provide written consent to participate\n\nMental Healthcare and\u002For Healthcare Providers and\u002For Community Stakeholders:\n\n* Mental Health, behavioral health, substance use and\u002For health-related professionals who screen\u002Fassess for mental health and\u002For suicide risk or provide referrals, treatment, or follow-up care to youth with a prior history of difficulty accessing services in the surrounding treatment areas based on this risk or community stakeholder (i.e., faith-based leaders, agency directors, advocates, school administrators, hospital\u002Fcrisis directors, topical experts, etc.).\n* Over the age of 18\n* Able to fluently speak and read English\n* Without intellectual disabilities\n* Provide written consent to participate\n\nCare Coordinators:\n\n* Care coordinators who screen\u002Fassess for mental health and\u002For suicide risk or provide referrals, treatment, or follow-up care to underserved youth in the surrounding treatment areas.\n* Over the age of 18\n* Able to fluently speak and read English\n* Without intellectual disabilities\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\nYouth:\n\n* Youth at imminent suicide risk (reported verbally and\u002For indicated on C-SSRS)\n* Youth who exhibit severe cognitive, language, or developmental delays\n* Youth not meeting inclusion criteria\n\nParents\u002FLegal Guardians\u002FCaregivers:\n\n* Not meeting the inclusion criteria listed above.\n\nMental Healthcare and\u002For Healthcare Providers and\u002For Community Stakeholders:\n\n* Not meeting the inclusion criteria listed above.","ALL","13 Years",{"count":81,"type":82},180,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[85],"NA","The goal of this pilot randomized control trial (RCT) is to test the feasibility of Caring Connections, a Culturally Adapted Linking Individuals Needing Care (CA-LINC) suicide prevention care coordination intervention for high-risk suicidal youth. This consumer-, community-, and theory-driven care coordination intervention is designed to reduce suicide ideation and behavior (SIB) by improving service engagement. Connections is a 90-day intervention that integrates engagement and follow-up strategies to assess\u002Fmonitor suicide risk, facilitate service use referrals\u002Flinkages, develop\u002Frefine safety plans, and create villages of care. The intervention incorporates cultural promotive factors, empowerment, and motivational strategies aimed at supporting youth, enhancing strengths, promoting hope, improving family relationships, and reinforcing caring messages. Primary research questions include:\n\nIs Caring Connections feasible to use for suicidal high-risk youth? 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