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Dallas County Suicide Prevention Coalition Supporting- Connecting- Giving Hope & Reducing Stigma through Education & Advocacy

This weekend we are at the Dallas County Gun Show handing out free gun locks, 988 swag, and safe medication storage tool...
10/03/2026

This weekend we are at the Dallas County Gun Show handing out free gun locks, 988 swag, and safe medication storage tools.

Want to help with future events like this? Email us at [email protected] and we will add you to our distribution list!

Limit access to medications in your home. 💊 Discard of unused prescriptions. 💊 Lock large bottles away. 💊 Add bottle ...
09/23/2026

Limit access to medications in your home.
💊 Discard of unused prescriptions.
💊 Lock large bottles away.
💊 Add bottle locks to pill bottles.

Deactivation pouches are available at our office at no cost. Simply place the pills you want to dispose of into the pouch, add water, and throw in the trash. The pills will be deactivated so they cannot cause harm to others that may find them.

Minutes matter. Add time and distance to lethal means within your home. Give the brain a chance to get out of crisis mod...
09/18/2026

Minutes matter. Add time and distance to lethal means within your home.

Give the brain a chance to get out of crisis mode. Adding time and steps needed to access lethal means, like fi****ms, can help prevent su***de.

Cable locks are available at the health department at no cost in order to help Dallas County families secure fi****ms at home.

It will soon be harvest season which can be a very stressful time for our farming families. Financial stress can be high...
09/15/2026

It will soon be harvest season which can be a very stressful time for our farming families. Financial stress can be high. But support is available to those willing to ask for it.

Share this number with the farmer in your life. 1-800-447-1985

Let's make Dallas County homes a little bit safer!At the health department, you have access to free cable gun locks and ...
09/11/2026

Let's make Dallas County homes a little bit safer!

At the health department, you have access to free cable gun locks and drug deactivation pouches. Find them in the lobby-no questions asked.

Children are naturally curious. The most common circumstance identified among fatal fi***rm injuries in children was tha...
09/08/2026

Children are naturally curious. The most common circumstance identified among fatal fi***rm injuries in children was that the shooter was playing with or showing the fi***rm to another person. About a third of the time, another child was present to witness the fatal event.

Ensure fi****ms are secured where children will not be able to access them on their own.

During times of crisis, our brain is overwhelmed and hyper focused. Adding time and distance to lethal means such as pre...
09/03/2026

During times of crisis, our brain is overwhelmed and hyper focused. Adding time and distance to lethal means such as prescriptions or fi****ms helps give our brain a chance to regulate and reduces the risk of su***de.

Tools to help make your home safer are available at the health department. Drug disposal pouches can deactivate unused pills. Gun locks are available to help secure fi****ms.

Learn the warning signs. Help people easily find the information they need when they need it. Posters and other 988 mat...
08/19/2026

Learn the warning signs.

Help people easily find the information they need when they need it. Posters and other 988 materials are available at the Dallas County Health Department.

08/14/2026

Join us for our Coalition meeting next week!

YOU ARE INVITED! We would love for you to join us in planning su***de prevention activities for Dallas County. We will m...
08/13/2026

YOU ARE INVITED! We would love for you to join us in planning su***de prevention activities for Dallas County.

We will meet August 21st at 3pm via zoom. Save the date!

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25747 N Avenue
Adel, IA
50003

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