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November 14, 2025
Surviving Suicide Loss: After Years of Silence A Sister Finds Her Voice
Chryss felt her chest tighten. Watching her oldest daughter walk through the double doors at her high school for the very first time,...
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November 14, 2025
Press Release
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and The Jed Foundation Announce Intent to Merge As Equals; Becoming The Nation’s Largest Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Suicide Prevention Across The Lifespan
The union of AFSP/JED leverages complementary strengths of both organizations and combined annual operating budget of approximately $75 million to drive greater impact and save more lives
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November 13, 2025
Surviving Suicide Loss: One Family’s Journey Through Grief and Their Son’s Art
A couple of times a year, the Bernstein family gets together to watch Jason’s old films. “He made over 100 home movies when...
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November 13, 2025
KyleCares and JED: Helping Schools Support Student Mental Health Across New England
Kyle’s parents would never have guessed he was thinking about suicide. Yes, he’d been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder at 9 years old,...
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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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