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National Voices for Equality Education and Enlightenment's (NVEEE) mission is to prevent bullying, violence, and suicide among youth, families and communities through direct service, mentoring and prevention education.

To prevent youth suicide through awareness, upstream educational programs and activities that support and empower youth, families and the community at-large through acceptance, connection, resiliency and hope.

Our Vision: To serve as the nation's catalyst, inspiring optimal health for all. Our Mission: To build a foundation for healthy communities, through educational resources, professional development and practice improvement, research, policy development, evaluation, and consult. Our Guiding Principles: *Equity and Access *Evidence and Outcomes-based Practice *Innovation *Collaboration *Community-oriented Our Goals & Activities In our endeavor to achieve systemic and sustainable change through education, policy and environmental strategies, we: *Offer regional trainings and technical assistance through grant funding from federal, state and private agencies *Provide site-based trainings and technical assistance on request from school districts and community organizations *Develop online programs, student learning modules and curricula *Assist with professional licensure, CEU and graduate-level credit *Create strategic partnerships with other non-profit organizations and school systems CHL is an outgrowth of an initiative by the Center for Disease Control's Division of Adolescent and School Health to build local capacity for school and community health promotion through training centers that foster and deliver high-quality professional development and practice improvement initiatives. We have substantial experience designing and delivering projects, conferences and professional development opportunities. From instruction and technical assistance to research and report writing, curricula creation and evaluation resources, CHL has served over 20,000 professionals and community members, delivered services for more than 100 projects and developed and promoted numerous local and statewide comprehensive and coordinated strategic health initiatives. CHL has the following current programs and projects: 1. Suicide Prevention- * CHL supports state-wide suicide prevention efforts through the Vermont Suicide Prevention Center, a public/private partnership which seeks to foster a sustainable approach to suicide prevention in Vermont. *CHL manages the VT Suicide Prevention Coalition consisting of representatives from public health, education, state agencies, advocacy groups, youth, mental health services, and survivors. *CHL manages, develops and oversees state-wide suicide prevention trainings including Gatekeeper Training, a Zero Suicide Practice Institute and the Collaborative Assessment for the Management of Suicidality (CAMS) trainings; *CHL coordinates the VT Gun Shop Project in collaboration with the VT Department of Mental Health. *CHL implements the Zero Suicide approach in Vermont and coordinates Zero Suicide Pilot Projects. *CHL and the VT Suicide Prevention Center coordinate the annual Vermont Suicide Prevention Symposium, a cross-agency statewide event that brings together professionals across all sectors for a day of learning from national experts on critical topics and skills in suicide prevention, treatment, and recovery. 2. Prevention Training and Workforce Development - CHL coordinates and implements Substance Abuse Disorder prevention trainings and workforce development activities for the Vermont Department of Health/Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs for Regional Prevention Partnership professional staff. 3. Annual Symposia and Conferences: In addition to the Suicide Prevention Symposium, our cornerstone event, CHL assists with the coordination of annual Symposia and Conferences for various partners including the following events: o 4th Annual College Symposium on Substance Use o Community Solutions to the Opiate Issues Facing Vermonters for the VT Department of Health o Substance Abuse Workforce Development Conference for the VT Department of Health. 4. CHL Proprietary and Fee for Service: CHL has several proprietary programs developed and implemented by the organization: *Umatter Suicide Prevention for Schools and Umatter for Staff and Family Awareness -CHL developed this best practice training for school and community settings. *Umatter for Youth and Young Adults Mental Health Wellness Promotion and Community Action--CHL is moving the focus on mental health "upstream" from intervention and crisis to promotion and prevention (self-care, coping and communication skills, etc.). *Community / School District Trainings--CHL provides professional development, technical assistance and support for the implementation of coordinated approaches to school health, and conducts training on mental health, suicide prevention and alcohol, tobacco, sexual health and other critical health topics. *Family Engagement- CHL is building an initiative to promote effective practices for Family Engagement - an emerging interest across sectors

The Jason Foundation, Inc. (JFI) is dedicated to the prevention of the “Silent Epidemic” of youth suicide through educational and awareness programs that equip young people, educators / youth workers and parents with the tools and resources to help identify and assist at-risk youth.

Mission - To prevent suicide and ensure the healthy development of all youth through powerful communication and education on gender and orientation. Vision - A community in which all youth develop as healthy individuals free of suicide, violence, and discrimination. Geographic Areas - We are physically located in Miami, FL. We go wherever we are invited. We have travelled to Central and South America, and across the USA. We can be virtually anywhere, with videoconferencing technology.

The mission of Second Wind Fund is to decrease the incidence of suicide in children and youth by removing the financial and social barriers to treatment.

The BC Council for Families works to create healthy families in a healthy society. We are a non-profit, non-governmental organization that has worked on behalf of families, and people who serve families, since 1977. We: * empower families by providing educational resources on topics such as parenting, childhood development, parent-teen relationships, work-life balance, suicide awareness and more; * support family education professionals by co-ordinating professional development workshops and symposiums, and disseminating research and resources; * advocate for families by taking an active role in advisory commitees, task forces and initiatives that promote risk prevention and early support for children, youth and families in all their diversity

Projects and Programs Include: Safety City - A child-sized traffic and pedestrian site. Paved streets, sidewalks, traffic lights, railroad crossing and scaled down buildings give our site the look and feel of an actual working city. Geared for children kindergarten to Grade 4 - classroom lessons and role playing on the streets of the city dealing with a variety of safety issues. Car Seat Clinics - Have your infant and child car seat inspected to make sure it is properly installed and that your child is buckled in correctly. Passport to Safety - Online safety test geared towards the young worker, aged 12 to 14. Men at Risk - Support for the program run by the Suicide Prevention Resource Centre targeting men in industry with ideas for healthy ways to cope with problems and stress. Traffic Safety Initiatives STOP Card Distribution Injury Awareness Campaigns Injury is the leading cause of death for Albertans ages 1 - 44. Injuries are not accidents. Injuries are preventable.

Founded in 1979, the National Exchange Club Foundation (NECF) works to prevent child abuse through a national network of Child Abuse Prevention Centers.  These centers implement the evidenced-based Exchange Parent Aide program.  Technical support is offered to Exchange Clubs as they implement local child abuse prevention educational projects.  NECF works to secure resources to support Exchange's other programs of service that support strong communities, i.e. Youth and Americanism projects. MISSION STATEMENT: To raise and provide financial resources for the National Exchange Club, our Programs of Service, and our National Project, the prevention of child abuse