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November 7, 2025 Blog

Open Letter to the AI and Technology Industry

Protecting Youth Mental Health and Preventing Suicide in the Age of AI Artificial intelligence is reshaping how teens and young adults learn, connect, and seek

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November 7, 2025

Youth Voices Are Necessary to Sustain Progress in Mental Health

This fall, The Jed Foundation (JED) launched the Texas Mental Health Youth Advocacy Coalition (YAC) Fellowship Program, a paid six-week mental health advocacy...

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November 4, 2025

What You Need to Know: SNAP Benefits, Food Security, and Youth Mental Health

Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, millions of Americans are not receiving their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. This impacts many...

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October 20, 2025

How JED Helped Macaulay Honors College Make Mental Health Central to Student Success

When Dara Byrne became dean of CUNY’s Macaulay Honors College in 2022, she encountered a paradox. Some of the city’s most accomplished students...

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October 14, 2025

Faculty at Eastern Michigan University Rally Around Mental Health After a Colleague’s Loss

The loss of his son to suicide in 2022 left Ronald Flowers, a professor of Leadership and Counseling at Eastern Michigan University (EMU),...

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October 7, 2025

How Your Donor-Advised Fund Can Save Lives

Every time you give to The Jed Foundation (JED), you send a clear message: young people and their mental health matter. Your generosity...

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September 30, 2025

Meet the 2025 JED Texas Youth Advocacy Coalition Fellows

The Jed Foundation (JED) is proud to announce the 2025 Texas Youth Advocacy Coalition Fellowship Cohort in partnership with the Trellis Foundation, a...

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September 29, 2025

Beth’s Story: Pretending I Was ‘Fine’ When I Wasn’t

You can’t always tell who needs help. Sometimes you just see a kid glued to their phone. Or a student who’s always “fine.”...

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September 17, 2025

Open Letter to the AI and Technology Industry

Protecting Youth Mental Health and Preventing Suicide in the Age of AI Artificial intelligence is reshaping how teens and young adults learn, connect,...

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August 8, 2025

When AI Hurts the Youth It Claims to Help

A new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) exposes the devastating risks AI chatbots pose to teens and children. The...

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August 5, 2025

How a Massachusetts High School Boosted Student Mental Health Support Through Partnering With JED

By Madeleine Burry Lois Miller arrived at Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School (SRVTHS) in Easton, Massachusetts, in 2024 with classic new-job energy....

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July 15, 2025

Building Stronger Communities: Kentucky’s Mental Health Convening Sparks Statewide Action

The Jed Foundation (JED) has a unique position working with state systems across the country that creates powerful opportunities to connect leaders and...

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July 11, 2025

JED and the Red Sox Foundation Unite to Support Student Mental Health

The Jed Foundation (JED) joined forces with the Red Sox Foundation and its New England Service Scholarship recipients at Fenway Park on June...

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