Forefront News
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Forefront Pilots First LEARN Training for Athletic Coaches
This month, the Forefront in the Schools team delivered our first-ever LEARN suicide prevention training designed specifically for athletic coaches. Our inaugural session took place with the dedicated coaching staff at Ballard High School in Seattle, who welcomed the opportunity to strengthen their skills in supporting student-athletes’ mental health and overall well-being. Coaches play an influential role in young people’s lives. They…
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Students in BHLTH 435 Champion Social Connection in Collaboration with Forefront Suicide Prevention
Read the full article here. Social connection protects mental health and overall well-being, yet there’s widespread feelings of loneliness and rising rates of deaths by suicide globally. Improving social connection is a public health issue, not just a personal one. To that end, students in BHLTH 435, Principles of Health Communication—a course developed and taught…
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Coping 101: Mental Health Matter
Listen to the podcast HERE.
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Thank You and Farewell to our Safer Homes Program Team
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the closure of our Safer Homes program at the end of May. The closure is the result of significant funding challenges, however the work of educating Washingtonians about lethal means safety will continue as part of our other community-based programs. The Safer Homes team has traveled thousands…
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C89.5 Coping 101 Podcast Partnership
Coping 101 is an award-winning student-led podcast from c89.5 in partnership with Seattle Children’s, 4Culture and other community-minded partners, where high school hosts get real about mental health. Forefront is partnering with C89.5 to produce four episodes focused on on supporting suicide prevention in at-risk communities. Latest Episode Teens at the Day of Hope Summit For…
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Spotlight on The Jed Foundation High School Program
The Jed Foundation (JED) is a leading nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults across the country. Through programs and partnerships, JED works with schools to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems while also equipping teens and young adults with the skills and…
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Peer-led LEARN Trainings are Successful in High Schools
A new paper, Implementing LEARN: Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Training for High School Students, Parents, and School Personnel, published today in the Journal of School Health, shows the efficacy of Forefront Suicide Prevention LEARN® gatekeeper training in high school communities. High school educators, students, and families who participated in peer-led trainings reported an increased likelihood in…
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Introducing Fundamentals of Community-Based Suicide Prevention
This week, we introduced our new training course, Fundamentals of Community-Based Suicide Prevention. This series of seven videos is available to stream on demand via our website. Federal agencies have recommended that communities take a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention, but some state and community partners have expressed uncertainty on how to implement this. In response, we have…
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Spotlight on Nate Chute Foundation
The Nate Chute Foundation (NCF) is a non-profit organization that promotes mental wellness and suicide prevention in Western Montana. Nate Chute Foundation started in 1999 as an all-volunteer grassroots organization supporting community needs as they arose. Now, it offers suicide prevention and mental health training and education programs to schools, workplaces, and community organizations, financial aid towards the cost…
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Day of Hope 2024
What a day! On Friday March 22, Forefront in the Schools welcomed nearly 150 students and staff from schools across the Puget Sound region for Day of Hope. This is one of our favorite events every single year, bringing together schools in our program to share their work on comprehensive suicide prevention in their communities,…