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August 4, 2026 Press Release

YMCA of the USA and The Jed Foundation Collaborate on Comprehensive, Community-Based Mental Health Support for Young People

The new national partnership will bring expert technical assistance, coaching, and crisis planning to local YMCAs and their youth through training, resources, and strategic guidance.

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JED's POV

September 1, 2026

Investing the Meta Settlement Funds to Strengthen the Systems Around Youth Mental Health

Meta’s recent settlement with 47 states comes after years of young people and families speaking out about harms they experienced, and state attorneys...

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August 31, 2026

Youth POV: What Kunling Wants Adults to Know about Teen Mental Health

Before high school, Kunling loved bird-watching. She would go outside with a journal and draw what she saw. She began nature journaling in...

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August 31, 2026

Expert POV: How Everyday Connection Can Help

The first conversation about mental health doesn’t have to be the hard one. It can be about how classes went. It can be...

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August 31, 2026

Youth POV: Why Consistency Matters to Teen Mental Health

Edwin’s entire high school has about 90 students. His graduating class will have 18. In a school that small, people tend to know...

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August 31, 2026

Parent POV: Why Parents Shouldn’t Wait to Talk about Mental Health

Savannah was usually the one making everybody else feel better. She was a jokester. And if any of her friends were having a...

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August 28, 2026

Advising the Field: JED’s Partnership with Mantra Health

For more than 25 years, The Jed Foundation (JED) has worked on evidence-informed youth suicide prevention, partnering with colleges, universities, high schools, school...

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