Creating a safer today for our youth.
OUR MISSION: SUICIDE PREVENTION
Elyssa’s Mission educates and screens teens on warning signs of suicide to help identify at-risk youth, link them to vital resources and ultimately prevent suicide.
Learn More About Our Programs
Elyssa’s Mission is dedicated to preventing suicide and promoting mental wellness among youth by funding and supporting evidence-based prevention and peer-support programs in schools throughout Illinois.
We implement the SOS Signs of Suicide® Program, a service of Riverside Community Care, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that pioneered large-scale mental health screening and suicide prevention education for schools in more than 350 middle and high schools across Illinois. We also bring Hope Squad, a peer-to-peer prevention program, to elementary, middle, and high schools, empowering students to recognize and support classmates who may be struggling. In addition, we offer Postvention training and support to schools before and after the tragic loss of a student to suicide.
Click below to learn more about each program and the impact they are making in schools.
SOS Signs of Suicide
Signs of Suicide teaches students how to identify signs of depression and suicide in themselves and their peers.
Hope Squad
A peer-to-peer program that aims to reduce youth suicide through education and peer intervention.
Postvention
Elyssa’s Mission offers postvention training and support to schools both before and after the unfortunate event of a student suicide.
Our Success Stories
Bernotas Middle School
Hope Squad helps us make sure that every student at our school feels safe, heard, and cared for.
★★★★★
– Hope Squad Member
Ridgewood Community High
I am so proud of the way our students took what they learned and immediately used it to save lives.
★★★★★
– Haley Morelli
Grande Park Elementary
Hope Squad students are becoming powerful peer supporters, actively improving our school’s climate.
★★★★★
– Erin Boberg
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