Students: Are You a Mental Health Advocate? Apply for JED’s Scholarship
Each year we honor one high school student and one college student raising mental health awareness and inspiring positive change in their communities.
Apply today!Your monthly gift is an ongoing commitment to youth mental health and suicide prevention, turning schools and communities into places of support and protection.
The Jed Foundation (JED) is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults, giving them the skills and support they need to thrive today…and tomorrow.
JED equips teens and young adults with the skills and knowledge to help themselves and each other.
Explore our campaigns and resourcesJED partners with high schools, districts, and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs and systems.
Bring JED to your communityJED encourages community awareness, understanding, and action for young adult mental health.
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If you or someone you know needs to talk to someone right now, text, call, or chat 988 for a free confidential conversation with a trained counselor 24/7.
You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741-741.
If this is a medical emergency or if there is immediate danger of harm, call 911 and explain that you need support for a mental health crisis.