Broomfield council set to recognize Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
A city proclamation cites 13 suicide deaths among Broomfield residents in 2025 and a 37% social-isolation rate in 2024, while a public-health workgroup gathers data and develops recommendations.
Broomfield City Council is scheduled to recognize September 2026 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month on Tuesday, with a proclamation citing 13 suicide deaths among Broomfield residents in 2025 and a 37% social-isolation rate reported in 2024.
The figures appear in the proclamation and a Public Health and Environment memo included in the Sept. 8 council agenda packet. The packet does not identify a public data table or report supporting either figure, and the figures could not be independently confirmed through publicly accessible Colorado Health Institute and Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment pages reviewed for this story.
The proclamation describes social connection as a protective factor and social isolation as a suicide risk factor. It says the city is working with schools, health systems, LGBTQ+ residents and youth leaders through local and regional workgroups.
Workgroup is gathering local data
According to the city memo, Broomfield Public Health and Environment convenes a Social Connection Workgroup with representatives from school districts, hospitals and city and county departments. The department also works with metro-area health systems on social connection as a regional priority.
The memo says the city has advocated for improved statewide survey questions and more local data on social isolation and loneliness. It also says the department examined factors affecting Broomfield’s LGBTQ+ population.
The packet does not name participating schools, hospitals or health systems, or provide a membership roster, meeting schedule, implementation timeline or measurable outcome targets for the workgroup.
Broomfield’s youth advisory group, Youth for Youth, surveyed local teens during summer 2026, according to the memo. The city says the survey found LGBTQ+ teens often feel left out at school while being more likely to find connection and support online. The packet does not provide the survey’s sample size, response rate, methodology or written recommendations.
The memo says Youth for Youth is using the findings to develop recommendations and refine strategies to support youth connection and mental well-being. Broomfield’s Communities That Care coalition includes more than 50 residents, leaders and young people and lists youth connection to peers, family, school and neighborhood among its goals.
The city’s suicide-prevention guidance identifies community connection, supportive environments, coping skills and reducing access to lethal means as protective factors. It points to school-based Sources of Strength programming, community mental-health training and Communities That Care as local prevention efforts.