Who We Are;

Skylar Foundation for Youth Recovery & Suicide Prevention

Prevention. Education. Support.

The Skylar Foundation works to prevent youth suicide by increasing awareness, strengthening community response, and connecting youth and families with mental health resources.

Our work focuses on early intervention and prevention, ensuring that young people, caregivers, and communities understand the warning signs of suicide and know how to respond when someone is struggling.

Because every youth deserves another tomorrow.

Suicide Prevention Education

The Skylar Foundation partners with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to bring evidence-based suicide prevention education into schools and communities through the Talk Saves Lives initiative.

Talk Saves Lives is AFSP’s flagship suicide prevention education program that provides participants with an understanding of:

• The scope of suicide in the United States
• The most up-to-date research on prevention
• Risk factors and warning signs
• Protective factors that reduce suicide risk
• How to have supportive conversations with someone who may be struggling
• How to connect individuals to appropriate help and resources

Nurtured Heart Approach

• The Nurtured Heart Approach® consists of a set of strategies that assist children in further developing their self-regulation and has been found effective with children of all ages

• . It is a philosophy for creating healthy relationships with the people in your life.

• A technique created by Howard Glasser in 1992, NHA has been successfully implemented through families, classrooms, foster care, health care professionals, social workers, and criminal justice organizations that are seeking successful, early intervention techniques

  Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)

• nature of suicidal communications, what forms these communications take, and how they may be used as the stimulus for a QPR intervention

• History of suicide, suicide prevention, and the spectrum of modern-day public health suicide prevention education efforts.

• To gain the competence and confidence to teach others how to save lives and help prevent suicidal behaviors

If you wish to schedule a presentation, please complete the contact form below. A representative will then contact you to conduct a brief consultation to understand your requirements, enabling us to deliver the most appropriate and tailored presentation. We look forward to connecting with you.

School & Community Outreach

The Skylar Foundation works with schools and youth organizations throughout Utah to expand access to mental health education and suicide prevention resources.

Through these partnerships, we aim to:

• Increase mental health awareness among youth
• Reduce stigma surrounding mental health and suicide
• Equip students and adults with tools to recognize warning signs
• Promote help-seeking behavior
• Connect youth and families to local mental health resources

By bringing prevention education directly into schools and community spaces, we can reach youth earlier and strengthen the support systems around them.

Family Support & Resource Connection

While prevention education is the Foundation’s primary focus during its initial phase, our mission also includes supporting families navigating youth mental health challenges.

Through community partnerships, the Skylar Foundation helps families connect with trusted mental health resources, crisis services, and supportive organizations.

Our goal is to ensure that no family faces youth mental health challenges and/or substance use alone.

Future Program Development

The Skylar Foundation is working toward the future development of community-based, family-centered behavioral health services and recovery support programs for adolescents experiencing suicidal ideation, substance use challenges, and co-occurring mental health conditions.

Our prevention and education initiatives help build the partnerships, community awareness, and infrastructure necessary to support these future services.

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Partner With Us

The Skylar Foundation welcomes collaboration with:

• • Schools and school districts
  • Youth organizations
  • Community groups
  • Healthcare providers
  • Mental health professionals

  • Parents and Caregivers

  • Youth leaders from faith organizations

The Skylar Foundation has accomplished more in the first six months of our fiscal year than we thought we could. We are currently preparing for our upcomiing community events, so keep an eye out for those announcements! Thank you to all you have supported us

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