Equipping Individuals
JED equips teens and young adults with the skills and knowledge to help themselves and each other.
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JED partners with Surgo Health on New Youth AI Report
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a routine part of young people’s lives, new nationally representative research finds that young people’s mental health–related experiences with AI vary widely depending on context, against a backdrop of known and emerging risks associated with these technologies.
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When you become a monthly donor, you’re helping young people when it matters most — today, tomorrow, and beyond. Donating monthly is also the most convenient and efficient way to support JED — more of each dollar goes directly to our work to prevent youth suicide.
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Join Our Monthly Giving Community
When you become a monthly donor, you’re helping young people when it matters most — today, tomorrow, and beyond. Donating monthly is also the most convenient and efficient way to support JED — more of each dollar goes directly to our work to prevent youth suicide.
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The Jed Foundation (JED) is a nonprofit that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for our nation’s teens and young adults.
Choosing Myself Over the Version I Pretended to Be
Texas Youth Advocacy Coalition Fellow Ivanna Sintes spent years performing happiness to survive. Now she’s learning that self-acceptance, not perfection, is what truly heals.
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