S.A.V.E. is a one hour gatekeeper training program provided by VA suicide prevention coordinators. S.A.V.E consists of the following five components:
S.A.V.E. was developed by the Education Corps of the VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention and consists of a PowerPoint presentation, training script, instructors guide and toolkit, pre- and post-evaluation instructions, evaluation forms, tracking sheets and S.A.V.E. brochures.