Programs

Peer Counseling Suicide Hotline

• Assists troubled youth in Arizona.
• Peer Counseling available from 3 to 9 p.m. daily.
• Hotline supervised by a master’s level mental health clinician.
• Free and confidential service.
• For teens in Maricopa County 602-248-TEEN (8336)
• For teens in Arizona outside of Maricopa County 800-248 TEEN (8336).
• Outside of Arizona 1-800-SUICIDE.
  

Life Skills Development Training

• Provided four times per year to youth interested in becoming Peer Counselors.
• 70-hour training covers listening skills, communication skills, self esteem, problem solving & relevant teen issues.
• Last year 50+ volunteers contributed more than 7,000 hours of their time impact community.
• To complete a Volunteer Application Form and download the Parent Consent Form, click on the links.
• For more information, please click here to contact Nikki Kontz.

Community Education

• Provides awareness, education and prevention within the community.
• Service materials mailed 3 times per year to all middle & high schools around the state.
• Provides education in schools on teen suicide, depression, grief, dying, stress/anxiety and substance abuse.
• Click here to fill out a presentation/information request form.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

• ASIST is designed to help all caregivers become more willing, ready and able to help persons at risk.
• ASIST is a two-day intensive and interactive course designed to help caregivers recognize risk and learn how to intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide.
• The workshop is for all caregivers of adolescents (any person in a position of trust). This includes professionals, paraprofessionals and lay people.
• Click here to fill out a presentation/information request form.