Senate file 42 proposes $740,000 for culturally specific suicide-prevention curriculum; bill laid over Senate File 42 would appropriate about $740,000 to the Division of Indian Work for a pilot culturally specific suicide-prevention curriculum for Native youth; testifiers described rising youth suicide rates and urged culturally grounded interventions. The measure was laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

A groundbreaking proposal in Minnesota aims to allocate $740,000 for a culturally specific suicide-prevention curriculum to combat rising rates among Native American youth.

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