Help us prevent suicide where it's needed most!

Suicide prevention outreach is critical. Your donation helps us to: 

• Raise awareness & educate people about risk factors, warning signs, and how to support someone in crisis
• Empower people to take action to save a life
• Facilitate early intervention which prevents crisis' before they escalate
• Reduce stigma & encourage open discussions about mental health 
• Promote help seeking behavior
• Tailor resources to the community's specific challenges
• Increase community engagement, value, and connection
• Reduce feelings of isolation
• Wider access to available resources
• Maintain high awareness levels & sustainability

Outreach plays a pivotal role connecting people with our programs. We already have relationships with more than 300 nonprofits that serve Northern Colorado, 250+ local businesses, plus national, state, and regional agencies across healthcare, faith, veteran, and other priority populations. We have reduced the suicide rate in Larimer County by 25.6% in the last few years with our amazing partners!

We imagine a world with zero suicides and that's where you come in. We know we need continue to connect with more people, and when we can take suicide prevention to them we remove barriers. 

Our priority populations higher suicide rates are due to a variety of social, psychological, biological, and systemic factors that they may share with many others in their cohort. One way that we can reduce the risk is by raising awareness of the challenges for each group.

• Men in the middle years risks factors include cultural norms that discourage asking for help, financial pressures, social isolation, access to firearms, and untreated health and mental health issues.
• Veterans risk factors include combat exposure, transition to civilian life, injuries, mental health challenges, access to firearms, and social isolation.
• Older adults risk factors include physical and mental health issues, social isolation, financial stress, grief, barriers to care, and cultural attitudes about aging and mental health may limit access to care.
• Youth and young adults risk factors include mental health issues, social and relationship issues, academic or job pressures, family stressors, figuring out who they want to be, access to information and supports, and substance use.
• LGBTQ+ individuals risk factors include discrimination, rejection, isolation, harassment, chronic societal stress, unsupportive environments, and intersectional identities compound disparities.
• BIPOC individuals risk factors include racism, discrimination, socioeconomic disparities, cultural beliefs about mental health, community violence, historical trauma, language and systemic barriers to accessing care, and intersectional identities compound disparities.
• People with disabilities risk factors include chronic pain, social isolation, discrimination,  financial hardship, barriers to accessing healthcare, coping challenges, and internalized ableism. 
• Members of the faith community's risk factors include religious stigma, high expectations, isolation, existential crises, lack of mental health training, and crises of faith. 
• High risk industries include construction, agriculture, mining, healthcare, public safety, and transportation due to physical demands, job insecurity, long hours, inconsistent schedules, burnout and emotional strain, exposure to trauma, high stress situations, and hazardous conditions.