Feature Articles
Forefront Suicide Prevention among partners shaping Facebook’s global suicide prevention AI upgrade
November 28, 2017
Nearly three years after Forefront Suicide Prevention began its historic collaboration with Facebook, a new era of suicide prevention tools is emerging. Yesterday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced a more proactive upgrade to its artificial intelligence (AI), mentioning Forefront Suicide Prevention among the suicide prevention partners and first responders that have helped to shape different […] Read more »
Fall Academy: Two cohorts rev up at start of Forefront in the Schools
November 14, 2017
With two cohorts of high schools from across Washington state now in the Forefront in the Schools program, a new dynamic is emerging. Thirteen schools are entering the program’s third and final year feeling prepared to mentor their new peers. “One of the most valuable aspects of this program has been collaboration with other schools,” […] Read more »
Suicide prevention is front and center at construction summit
November 13, 2017
Last month, about 160 construction insiders and suicide prevention advocates gathered to discuss suicide prevention and mental health. Forefront’s Faculty Director Jennifer Stuber presented Forefront’s LEARN training to show the five steps to intervene with someone at risk for suicide, and spoke about the role everyone has to play in preventing suicide. The summit was […] Read more »
Schools working with Forefront win Trevor R. Simpson Award
From hosting stress management workshops to enacting Pippin onstage, local students’ projects highlighting mental health and suicide prevention led to three high schools winning a combined $5,000 in Trevor R. Simpson Award funds. Award grantors Scot and Leah Simpson, who lost their 16-year-old son Trevor to suicide in 1992, presented plaques to Mt. Si High […] Read more »
Restoring Hope: 500 supporters gather to celebrate Forefront’s fifth anniversary
October 20, 2017
Five-hundred people gathered on Oct. 18 for Restoring Hope, a gala event at the University of Washington to honor the vision, work, and five-year anniversary of Forefront Suicide Prevention. Raising nearly $220,000, Restoring Hope set Forefront on the path for new suicide prevention milestones in Washington state. In the past year, Forefront trained over 7,000 individuals in suicide […] Read more »
Forefront Suicide Prevention to host Restoring Hope, a fifth annual event & fundraiser
October 5, 2017
Hundreds of suicide prevention advocates will dine together Wednesday evening, Oct. 18 in the University of Washington’s HUB Grand Ballroom to experience Forefront Suicide Prevention’s Restoring Hope event. Registration ($50/individual, $500/table) is required, and includes dinner and parking. The program celebrates Forefront’s fifth year as an innovation center within the University of Washington School of […] Read more »
Safer Homes, Suicide Aware: Kick-off disperses free life-saving material to Grays Harbor families
September 15, 2017
"Every fire starts with a little spark. Safer Homes is that spark, which will help others to save families from grief." Read more »
VA Mental Health Summit: Panelists highlight resources, Safer Homes, veteran suicide prevention
September 7, 2017
Part of a fast-growing national and local effort to boost veteran suicide prevention resources, Forefront panelists were among many local voices in the systemic effort to create suicide-safer world for veterans and their loved ones. For too many veterans, the transition to the civilian world is fraught with difficulties that put them at higher risk […] Read more »
Now accepting nominations for 2017 “Champions of Change” Awards!
August 18, 2017
HOW TO NOMINATE: Please email a statement to Forefront’s interim awards coordinator. No attachments necessary. Include the following details: – Which award you are nominating someone for; – A statement of the nominee’s outstanding work in suicide prevention; – Nominee contact information (email address, phone number), if available. ABOUT: This fall, Forefront honors outstanding contributions to suicide prevention during the […] Read more »
Two years later, a look at suicide prevention in three rural Washington counties
July 5, 2017
After making inroads in areas with the state’s highest suicide rates, Forefront’s rural initiative has closed one chapter – while continuing another. Coalitions have been forged and thousands have received suicide prevention training and resources since the 2015 launch of a rural initiative funded by a pooled grant with Washington Women’s Foundation and the state Office of […] Read more »