Training Highlights in 2023

Charlene Ray, Forefront Trainer, introduces Forefront’s LEARN steps to Lambert House staff & volunteers, Oct. 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 of participants both in person and virtually.

Thank you to our key partners at:

  • Lambert House
  • Open Window School
  • UW Athletics (specifically the UW football coaching staff)
  • Mental Health Matters of Washington and their peer mental health navigators’ program
  • College Success Foundation
  • Seattle City Attorney’s office
  • Hamlin Robinson School
  • UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity- Academic Counseling
  • Developmental Disabilities Administration
  • Residence Life programs at:
    • UW Bothell
    • Lewis-Clark State College

We provided customized suicide prevention trainings for:

  • British Petroleum Cherry Point
  • Nate Chute Foundation
  • WA State Department of Corrections

Forefront staff also presented at the following conferences:

  • Safe Crossings’ Northwest Conference on Childhood Grief
  • Washington State Counselors Association annual conference
  • MENTOR Washington 2023 Conference
  • Seattle Neighborhood Group: Impact Youth Conference
  • School’s Out WA Bridge Conference