Dear Editor: September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. As a volunteer advocate with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, I am calling on my members of Congress to pass legislation to prevent suicides and support crisis care.

I lost a friend to suicide when I moved to Colorado and since living here I have experienced multiple losses to suicide each year. Between San Miguel, Ouray, Montrose, and Delta counties there have been 156 suicides from 2015-2020. We need our gover...