Our Strategy

The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention is a nonpartisan, independent, public-private national partnership for suicide prevention. The Action Alliance brings together the best thinking and resources from the public and private sectors to steward and advance the goals and objectives of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (National Strategy) – the roadmap for a comprehensive approach to preventing suicide.​

In its role as steward for the National Strategy, the Action Alliance is responsible for setting a shared vision and approach for identifying and coordinating opportunities to build, scale, and strengthen the national response to suicide through: ​

• Strengthening accountability​
• Aligning messaging​
• Convening collaborative partners
• Exploring shared policy solutions​
• Standing for equity
• Tracking progress

These Strategic Priorities direct our focus from 2024-2027:

• Data Surveillance, Analytics, and Research: Promote improvements in surveillance and research and ensure future Action Alliance initiatives are grounded in science.​
• Progress and Accountability: Develop and launch a framework for tracking progress on National Strategy and Action Alliance accountability measures. ​
• Crisis Care Continuum: Bolster momentum for improvements in response to behavioral health crises in and beyond the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline system.​
• Healthcare Transformation: Advance focused, effective solutions that scale within and across health systems.​
• Messaging and Communications: Develop, disseminate, and align the field around research-informed messages to spur change.

These central principles are central to impactful work and should be applied throughout the Strategic Plan:

• Strengthening accountability ​
• Aligning messaging
• Convening collaborative partners​
• Exploring shared policy solutions
• Standing for equity
• Tracking progress