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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

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services (DHMHS) transforms lives by providing quality mental health, substance use and suicide prevention services in communities where stigma or poverty limits access.

They aim to nurture mental wellness and prevent suicide by serving as a link to integrative care of mind, body and spirit. We serve as advocates with our collaborative network of resources, community engagement and cost assistance programs.

The Foundation works to prevent suicide and raise mental‑health awareness by providing public education, sponsoring speakers and school programs, reducing stigma around mental illness, and offering support and scholarships to local students.

We lost Adam to suicide in 2023. By starting a 501c3 suicide prevention non-profit, our mission is to learn from loss and save lives through fundraising, education and outreach. Adam impacted many people with his incredible sense of humor and musical talent. We aim to honor his love for music and laughter in our work to bring light and love to others.

To end Veteran suicide.

The mission of Brendan’s Smile Foundation is to empower institutions to protect and treat students with mental illness by raising awareness and prevention through education, public policy and legislation all while improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, building awareness and offering in-depth outreach education.

Jordan S Relay works to prevent youth suicide and improve youth mental health by equipping parents and schools with practical resources and peer-to-peer prevention programs. The organization focuses on getting timely, parent-friendly information and peer-support programs into schools and families, and on distributing resource kits and training to reduce barriers to early intervention.

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.

Serving others through various avenues in order to reduce the rate of suicide as well as support those who’ve struggled with depression and/or lost a loved one to suicide. Formerly known as The Lotus Project.

Distress Centres of Toronto's 600 volunteers respond to more than 100,000 calls annually from grief stricken, lonely, depressed or suicidal callers in the Greater Toronto Area, keeping the crisis telephone lines open 24 hours a day, seven days a week at three locations: Distress Centre Central, Distress Centre North and Distress Centre Scarborough. The Survivor Support and the Homicide Bereavement Programmes provide grief counselling and suicide prevention to individuals who have lost someone through a tragic or violent death.

Tel-Ecoute is registered charitable organization that relies on the work of community volunteers During recent years, we have seen that more and more problems of mental distress, violence, and suicide are, unfortunately, being added to those of solitude, poverty, and despair. In light of this social burden, our work "upstream" of the problem of suicide plays an important preventive role. Our role: to lend an understanding and welcoming ear The psychological suffering that our society regularly creates can lead to mental health problems, violent behavior, or suicide. By offering to listen respectfully, warmly, and non-judgmentally to all those who are experiencing difficulties, we allow them to express themselves in complete trust, and helps them find their own resources for solving their own problems.