Second Wind Fund, Inc.
Teen Suicide Prevention/Your community. Your kids.
Welcome to Second Wind Fund, Inc. (SWF). We hope that you find the information included in our website to be helpful. Use the links above to learn more about suicide prevention. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, concerns, or to get involved.
Second Wind Fund, Inc. serves youth with a new and unique approach for youth at-risk for suicide. We collaborate with communities through schools and professional therapists to ensure suicidal youth have access to mental health services quickly and efficiently. The mission of Second Wind Fund, Inc. is to decrease the incidence of teen suicide nationally, by removing financial and social barriers to treatment for at-risk youth and to create a network of local affiliates to provide such services in their own communities.
To date, Second Wind Fund, Inc. Affiliates have provided help to nearly 1900 youth and are on track to serve nearly 500 this school year. Although there are many suicide awareness and education organizations, SWF, Inc. stands apart in that we are the only organization whose program provides mental health services specifically to suicidal youth clientele. The SWF, Inc. program, with its clear focus and its relationship with private therapist’s, is often able to arrange a counseling session within hours of a school counselor’s referral call. We know that the difference between waiting a few hours versus a few weeks for counseling can mean the difference between life and death for youth.
It is our goal to expand the Second Wind Fund, Inc. services to other communities in Colorado as well as other communities in states throughout the nation. Second Wind Fund, Inc. currently has Affiliate Programs in the six county Denver metro areas, as well as Douglas County, El Paso County and now Boulder County. New Affiliate Programs are forming in Weld County, La Plata County and the Montrose-Ouray-San Miguel County areas.
If you are in a crisis:
If you are having suicidal thoughts, feel you may hurt yourself, or are concerned that someone you know may be in danger of hurting himself or herself, you may:
1) Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at
800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255);
2) Call the National Hopeline Network at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433);
3) If Spanish-speaking, call the Kristin Brooks Hope Center Spanish suicide support line at 1-800 SUICIDA (1-800-784-2432);
4) If gay/questioning youth, call the Trevor Project at 1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386);
5) Call the Comitis Center hotline at 303-343-9890; or
6) In an emergency, call 911.
No hotline is a substitute for professional counseling. If you are depressed or thinking about hurting yourself, we strongly recommend that you seek counseling from a mental health professional.
Check out the rest of our website for more information about our program, photos from past Affiliate events, information regarding suicide, and more. Thanks for visiting!
