(Last Modified: April 21, 2025)
The Jed Foundation’s Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (the “Comprehensive Approach”) is an evidence-based framework designed to help schools and other youth-serving organizations strengthen their programs, policies, and systems to increase protections and reduce risk factors for all youth they serve.
In working with institutions on implementing the Comprehensive Approach, The Jed Foundation (“JED”) provides guidance to them and recommends customized supports for students and youth groups to assist them with the specific stressors and challenges they may encounter based on their experiences and circumstances. This tailored approach is based on suicide prevention research that demonstrates the effectiveness of customized support strategies.
JED’s goal is to prevent suicide and improve mental health outcomes for all youth. While JED may adjust focus to meet context and environment, nothing in the Comprehensive Approach or in JED’s programs or recommendations suggests or should be interpreted as suggesting preferential treatment for any group of youth over another for any reason or on any basis. JED values every young person as equally deserving of care and strives to provide institutions with tools to support the youth they serve.