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Wildhorse Foundation Helps YouthLine Expand Suicide Prevention and Wellness Support for Oregon Schools
Lines for Life’s YouthLine program received a $10,000 grant from the Wildhorse Foundation to support its School Suicide Prevention and Wellness Mini-grants program, which gives schools and students funding for projects that support mental wellness and suicide prevention.
Mental Health Belongs on Every Jobsite
Construction continues to have the second highest rate of suicide of any occupation in the country. Behind that statistic are real people, crews, and struggles that too often go unspoken. Chronic pain from physically demanding work. A culture built around toughness, where asking for help can feel like admitting weakness. Substance misuse, sometimes used to cope with pain or stress. A lack of support systems built for the realities of jobsite life. These are just a few of the challenges construction workers carry, often quietly, often alone.
Eight Teens, 14,000 Miles, Advocating for Youth Mental Health
Eight YouthLine volunteers, five from Oregon and three from Maui, spent a few days in Washington, D.C. this summer doing something few teenagers ever get the opportunity to do: advocating directly to the people who write the policy. For seven of the eight, it was their first time in the nation’s capital. By the end of the trip, they had...
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YouthLine Volunteers Participate in U.S. Senate Forum on Youth Mental Health
For More Information, Contact:Jered WeberCommunications DirectorLines for LifeYouthLine Volunteers Participate in U.S. Senate Forum on Youth Mental HealthOregon and Hawaiʻi Youth Discuss Peer Crisis Support with National Mental Health Leaders.WASHINGTON, D.C. — Young people who...
