Chicago Is Training City Workers And Citizens To Help Prevent Suicide

There’s a shortage of mental health workers in Chicago, but the rate of suicide is increasing in certain communities. To address this, CDPH is implementing a new approach that trains city workers and people who live in areas with high suicide rates to help prevent suicide by connecting people in need to available resources. Reset learns about the gaps this city run program is aiming to fill. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.