Forefront News
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School-Based Program Highlights 2023
It’s been a big year for our School-Based Programs in 2023. Even though our schools programming runs on a school-year calendar, we’re taking a moment before the end of 2023 to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and the wonderful organizations we work with to support youth and build resilient school communities. We’re grateful to all…
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Training Highlights in 2023
The Forefront training team has been hard at work this year to deliver a diverse set of programming. We are growing our network of resource partners across the Pacific Northwest and are grateful to every organization and company that reached out to have our team deliver personalized trainings to them. We’ve delivered Forefront’s message to thousands…
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Forefront Partner Jorge Torres Receives WA School Counselor of the Year Award
Congratulations to Jorge Torres, for being awarded School Counselor of the Year, 2023 by the Washington School Counselor Association! Jorge is a school counselor at Foster High School in the Tukwila School District, and he’s been an active member of Foster’s Forefront in the Schools Program (FIS) since 2017, demonstrating leadership, collaboration and innovation. In addition to receiving…
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Spotlight On Lambert House
Lambert House is a Seattle-based organization that has served LGBTQ+ youth in Washington for over 40 years. They provide support groups, education, and leadership opportunities in a safe, supportive environment. LGBTQ+ youth are at a higher risk of suicide than their peers, so we were thrilled when Lambert House approached us in early 2021, to…
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Safer Homes Briefs US Special Ops Command, VA Suicide Prevention Conference
Safer Homes Update: Last month was a whirlwind of presentations and briefings for Brett Bass, Safer Homes Program Director. In addition to several events around Washington state, he participated in the second annual Suicide Prevention Conference jointly hosted by the US Veterans Administration and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, in Denver, CO, providing expertise on…
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2023 Day of Hope and Capstone for Forefront in the Schools
We were thrilled to welcome schools participating in our Forefront in the Schools program (FIS schools) back to the University of Washington campus for the first time since COVID, for our annual Day of Hope and Capstone events! They joined us on Tuesday May 16, along with Crisis Connections, The Office of the Superintendent of…
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Forefront hosts OSPI, Behavioral Health Navigators from across Washington
We were excited to host a summit between Washington State Behavioral Health Navigators (BHN) and Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) on the UW campus last week, (Monday March 27th, 2023). The event was facilitated by Forefront School Based Programs Manager, Megan Reibel, and focused on connection, statewide BHN goals and visioning, and…
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Safer Homes Presents Lethal Means Safety to US Navy Leadership
Brett Bass (Safer Homes, Suicide Aware Program Manager) and Jeff Sung, MD (Safer Homes Faculty Advisor) had the amazing opportunity to present our Safer Homes work and approach to leaders of the U.S. Naval Service at their Resilience offsite last week (March 17). We’re honored to share with the Department of the Navy…
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Promising Practices Conference – Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in this week’s Promising Practices conference, the second part in our Reconstructing Resilience series, focused on supporting youth mental health. The day focused on tools and techniques to build resilience in youth, yourself, and others. Our goal with this series is to provide helpful, actionable information for those…
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Suicide Prevention Training & Resources for Schools Statewide
Forefront in the Schools continues to support over 50 schools in Washington with their comprehensive suicide prevention efforts. In the 2021-22 school year, over 7,000 individuals participated in Forefront Suicide Prevention LEARN training, and the 2022-23 school year started out strong with training of trainer sessions for educators, parents/caregivers and students in all of the…