The Jed Foundation provides colleges and universities expert support, evidence-based best practices, and data-driven guidance to protect student mental health and prevent suicide.
Through our JED Campus and JED Campus Fundamentals programs, we partner with you to assess your community’s needs, develop a customized strategic plan to build on existing strengths, and implement tools, strategies, and techniques that lead to measurable improvements in student mental health and a more connected community.
Each college and university is supported by one of our trained Campus Advisors, professionals in higher education and public and mental health who understand the opportunities and challenges of colleges and universities. Their mission is to support and build your team’s capacity to achieve your goals. Your success is their success.
No two campuses are the same, which is why we conduct a thorough evaluation of your specific college or university’s strengths and student mental health needs. We then help you create an institution-wide strategic plan that will efficiently and effectively enhance what already works and innovate to address unmet needs and create a safety net specific to your students.
JED is at the forefront of suicide prevention. We help you make informed decisions and enhance policies, programs, and resources with insight into clinically reviewed and peer-informed best practices.
JED is dedicated to making our programs accessible to colleges and universities. Learn more about our fee structure and opportunities for funding JED Campus programs at your college or university.
View the incredible progress campuses are making by implementing JED’s evidence-driven strategies.
Read about the impressive results from Kent State’s partnership with the JED Campus program, which significantly improved its mental health services and outcomes over a four-year period.
The JED Campus Program is about more than responding to mental health crises. It is also about proactively considering the many factors that impact college students’ wellness, and then working across the college to mitigate challenges and amplify strategies that work. – Dianna Graves, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at Claremont McKenna College
Find extensive information and ideas for supporting your students.
Find compassionate, comprehensive information about emotional well-being and how to get help when you need it.
If you or someone you know needs to talk to someone right now, text, call, or chat 988 for a free confidential conversation with a trained counselor 24/7.
You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741-741.
If this is a medical emergency or if there is immediate danger of harm, call 911 and explain that you need support for a mental health crisis.
