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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
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Anticipated Youth Mental Health Trends in 2026
By John MacPhee As we enter 2026, young people are growing up in systems that are fragmenting, automating, and, in some cases, withdrawing human care.
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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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October 28, 2025
The Future of Youth Mental Health in the Age of AI: Insights from JED’s 2025 Policy Summit
By Rebecca Bauer At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) and shifting policy landscapes are redefining how young people receive care, The Jed...
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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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