The JED Foundation
About The JED Foundation
JED empowers teens and young adults by building resiliency and life skills, promoting social connectedness, and encouraging help-seeking and help-giving behaviors through our nationally recognized programs, digital channels, and partnerships, as well as through the media. JED strengthens schools by working directly with high schools, colleges, and universities — representing millions of students — to put systems, programs, and policies in place to create a culture of caring that protects student mental health, builds life skills, and makes it more likely that struggling students will seek help and be recognized, connected to care, and supported. We mobilize communities by providing education, training, and tools to families, friends, media, and others.
The JED Foundation Vision
Every high school and college has a comprehensive system that supports student emotional health and reduces the risks of substance misuse and suicide.
All teens and young adults are equipped to navigate mental health challenges and to seek and give help, and are emotionally prepared to enter adulthood and fulfill their potential.
Our communities support the emotional well-being and mental health of teens and young adults.
Mental health is recognized as part of general health and wellness and not associated with shame, secrecy, or prejudice.
Resource Center
The JED Foundation offers an interactive resource center where those in need can access resources to help themselves or help others navigate struggles with mental health. There resources focus on a variety of topics including anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, trauma, and much more.
