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December 16, 2025
What a Mother Learned After Losing Her Son to Suicide
The first item in their new house was a brown little army guy that Joey placed on top of a motion detector to...
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December 16, 2025
Press Release
The Jed Foundation Receives $40 Million Gift From MacKenzie Scott
The unrestricted gift is the second since 2022 and will advance JED’s mission to support emotional well-being and prevent suicide for teens and young adults.
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December 9, 2025
Where Suicide Preventions Starts: A Student’s Perspective
The places young people go every day are where suicide prevention needs to be strongest — schools, campuses, afterschool programs, and community organizations....
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November 24, 2025
When Young People Turn to AI for Emotional Support: JED’s Response to the APA’s New Advisory
The American Psychological Association’s new APA Health Advisory on the Use of Generative AI Chatbots and Wellness Applications for Mental Health offers one...
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November 14, 2025
Surviving Suicide Loss: Charlotte’s Story
When Stanford soccer player Katie Meyer died by suicide in 2022, 14 year old Charlotte Rosario was heartbroken. But what stayed with her...
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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 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 12, 2025
Finding Belonging Through Storytelling
By Rohan Satija, The Jed Foundation Youth Advocacy Coalition Texas Fellow ’25 Growing up in Auckland, New Zealand, my childhood was characterized by...
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November 12, 2025
From Hiding My Pain to Learning We Heal Together
By Juan Garcia, The Jed Foundation Youth Advocacy Coalition Texas Fellow ’25 For years, I felt that I was trapped by my mental...
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November 12, 2025
Choosing Myself Over the Version I Pretended to Be
By Ivanna Sintes, The Jed Foundation Youth Advocacy Coalition Texas Fellow ’25 I was the best actress I knew, and I never even...
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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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