Mission:

Our Mission is to reach out to communities to provide education, resources, and support in order to end stigma related to depression and suicide, and inspire hope to all.

Purpose:

1. Promote awareness that suicide is a public health problem that is preventable.

2. Develop broad-based local support of suicide prevention.

3. Develop and implement strategies to reduce the stigma associated with being a consumer of mental health,substance abuse and suicide prevention services.

4. Support school and other community-based suicide prevention, intervention and postvention programs.

5. Implement training for recognition of at-risk behavior.

6. Increase community linkages with and access to mental health and substance abuse services.