Mental Health Safe Zones

Current Mental Health Safe Zones

The following organizations/businesses have fulfilled the requirements to be designated as a Mental Health Safe Zone:

• Yamhill County Health and Human Services
• Yamhill Community Action Partnership (YCAP) Youth Outreach, McMinnville
• Jack Maxwell III's American Family Insurance, Newberg
• Linfield University Residence Life
• MV Advancements
• City of McMinnville Public Library
• Henderson House
• Oregon State University Extension Service Yamhill County

What is a Mental Health Safe Zone?

Mental Health Safe Zones are organizations and businesses that have met suicide prevention and mental health promotion standards and are guided by nationally recognized best practices.

What is the purpose of Mental Health Safe Zones?

The purpose of this initiative is to help our spaces support individuals who may experience mental health challenges by visibly identifying their business or organization as a space free from mental health stigma and a place to get mental health resource information.

Requirements to become a Mental Health Safe Zone:

• 100% of your leadership team (i.e., Managers, Directors, and Team Leads) have completed one of the following suicide prevention trainings:
  • Yamhill County Self-Paced Virtual Suicide Prevention Training (English)
  • Yamhill County Self-Paced Virtual Suicide Prevention Training (Spanish)
  • Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)
  • Adult or Youth Mental Health First Aid
  • Be Sensitive, Be Brave

Yamhill County offers all of these trainings at no cost. Learn more about these trainings. Request a training through our Training Request Form.

• Resource Availability
  • Organization has resource information readily available to both staff and clients/customers
    • Examples: Posters, Mental Health Resource Cards, 988 stickers, etc.
    • Request free resources

Why should my organization/business be a Mental Health Safe Zone?

• Feel good knowing you’re supporting your community
• Promotion of your business/organization on:
  • The Yamhill County Public Health website
  • Yamhill County Public Health’s Social Media

Who can qualify as a Mental Health Safe Zone?

Any organization or business in Yamhill County has the capability of becoming a Mental Health Safe Zone. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Businesses
• Civic organizations
• Faith spaces
• Healthcare facilities
• Social service agencies
• Schools

Ready to become a Mental Health Safe Zone?

If your leadership team has not completed a suicide prevention training, request an in-person training or complete our Self-Paced Virtual Suicide Prevention Training in English or Spanish.

If you need suicide prevention resources, request free resources.

Once you have met the requirements to be an Mental Health Safe Zone, please fill out an application. After you submit your application, the Suicide Prevention Coordinator will reach out to you as soon as possible. 

For any questions or assistance, please call (971) 312-2981 or email murrayk@yamhillcounty.gov.