PSN Youth Mental Health Community Gatherings In Palo Alto, California
What are these gatherings
Project Safety Net Youth Mental Health Community Gatherings offer a space to foster coordination around youth mental health and suicide prevention efforts in our community. We gather to build relationships, address challenges, share resources, reduce duplication of service, and explore opportunities to collaborate while elevating youth voices. Our goal is to maintain a well-informed and diverse representation of community partners who will collectively work towards promoting youth wellbeing and preventing youth suicide.
Who is welcome to attend
Everyone is welcome to attend. We have been joined by youth, families, people with lived experiences with suicide loss, schools, government agencies, healthcare providers, community organizations, faith-based organizations, researchers, and media.
Community Agreements
We co-created community guidelines for our space. We commit to these agreements to make this space one that is respectful, comfortable, open, and productive for us to talk and work with each other.
- Get to know each other
- Practice active listening
- Listen with curiosity, speak with care
- Step up, step back
- Respect
- Authenticity
When
Gatherings generally occur on the 2nd Wednesdays of the month during the school year, August 2026 – June 2027. We will do our best to communicate any changes ahead of time.
- August 20
- September 2
- October 14
- November 11
- December 9
- January 13
- February 10
- March 10
- April 14
- May 12
- June
Areas to foster coordination
Through our community gatherings, these themes have emerged as areas to enhance coordination of youth mental health and suicide prevention efforts in our community.
- Engagement with parents, providers, schools and educators, youth, and media
- Expand access and funding to mental healthcare
- Parent and family education
- Policies, including lethal means safety
- Postvention response
- Support for LGBTQIA+ youth, families, and community
- Youth voices and processing
Project Safety Net
If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available right now. Reaching out is a sign of strength — and there are people ready to listen. 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Dial 9-8-8 (call or text, 24/7) Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to 741741 Trevor Project (LGBTQIA+): Text START to 678-678 or call 1-866-488-7386 Trans Lifeline (trans & nonbinary peer support): Call 877-565-8860
Disclaimer: YCS and PSN are not Medical Providers and do not Provide Medical Services. It is understood by all persons who use YCS and PSN’s services that: (a) YCS and PSN are not medical providers and do not render medical or other health care services or treatments to any and all persons who use YCS and PSN’s services and YCS and PSN’s services are not intended to or shall be interpreted as imposing, any duty or obligation to provide such health care services; (b) YCS and PSN are not in any way responsible for the health care that is delivered by a health care provider to any and all persons who use YCS and PSN’s services; (c) health care providers are solely responsible for the health care they deliver to any and all persons using YCS and PSN’s services; and (d) health care providers are not YCS and PSN’s agents or employees.