Feature Articles
Spotlight on Nate Chute Foundation
April 2, 2024
The Nate Chute Foundation (NCF) is a non-profit organization that promotes mental wellness and suicide prevention in Western Montana. Nate Chute Foundation started in 1999 as an all-volunteer grassroots organization supporting community needs as they arose. Now, it offers suicide prevention and mental health training and education programs to schools, workplaces, and community organizations, financial aid towards the cost […] Read more »
Day of Hope 2024
March 26, 2024
What a day! On Friday March 22, Forefront in the Schools welcomed nearly 150 students and staff from schools across the Puget Sound region for Day of Hope. This is one of our favorite events every single year, bringing together schools in our program to share their work on comprehensive suicide prevention in their communities, […] Read more »
School-Based Program Highlights 2023
December 20, 2023
It’s been a big year for our School-Based Programs in 2023. Even though our schools programming runs on a school-year calendar, we’re taking a moment before the end of 2023 to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and the wonderful organizations we work with to support youth and build resilient school communities. We’re grateful to all […] Read more »
Training Highlights in 2023
December 18, 2023
The Forefront training team has been hard at work this year to deliver a diverse set of programming. We are growing our network of resource partners across the Pacific Northwest and are grateful to every organization and company that reached out to have our team deliver personalized trainings to them. We’ve delivered Forefront’s message to thousands […] Read more »
Forefront Partner Jorge Torres Receives WA School Counselor of the Year Award
October 20, 2023
Congratulations to Jorge Torres, for being awarded School Counselor of the Year, 2023 by the Washington School Counselor Association! Jorge is a school counselor at Foster High School in the Tukwila School District, and he’s been an active member of Foster’s Forefront in the Schools Program (FIS) since 2017, demonstrating leadership, collaboration and innovation. In addition to receiving the […] Read more »
Spotlight On Lambert House
October 17, 2023
Lambert House is a Seattle-based organization that has served LGBTQ+ youth in Washington for over 40 years. They provide support groups, education, and leadership opportunities in a safe, supportive environment. LGBTQ+ youth are at a higher risk of suicide than their peers, so we were thrilled when Lambert House approached us in early 2021, to […] Read more »
Safer Homes Briefs US Special Ops Command, VA Suicide Prevention Conference
October 12, 2023
Last month was a whirlwind of presentations and briefings for Brett Bass, Safer Homes Program Director. In addition to several events around Washington state, he participated in the second annual Suicide Prevention Conference jointly hosted by the US Veterans Administration and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, in Denver, CO, providing expertise on the role of […] Read more »
Announcing Our New Safer Homes Website!
We’re thrilled to announce that our Safer Homes, Suicide Aware program has a new, redesigned website! We’ve upgraded the technology, and included more useful and (we hope) user-friendly information. Check it out here! Read more »
JED High School Delivered by Forefront Suicide Prevention
September 19, 2023
JED High School Delivered by Forefront Suicide Prevention Launches Free Training and Technical Assistance Programming in Washington State Expertly trained staff to implement a localized and comprehensive approach for youth mental health promotion and suicide prevention at regional high schools. New York and Washington State, September 19, 2023 — The Jed Foundation (JED), the […] Read more »
2023 Day of Hope and Capstone for Forefront in the Schools
May 19, 2023
We were thrilled to welcome schools participating in our Forefront in the Schools program (FIS schools) back to the University of Washington campus for the first time since COVID, for our annual Day of Hope and Capstone events! They joined us on Tuesday May 16, along with Crisis Connections, The Office of the Superintendent of […] Read more »