Hope For The Day® (HFTD) is a non-profit movement empowering the conversation on proactive suicide prevention and mental health education.
OUR STORY
Founded in 2011, Hope For The Day was created to honor all the friends and family members who had died by suicide. HFTD started out in Chicago music venues doing outreach, and through continuous outreach and mental health education, we strive to empower early intervention on mental health challenges and disrupt the highest risk factors for suicide.
Our work is represented in all 50 states, 26 countries, and 17 different languages! Thanks to our team of passionately dedicated staff and volunteers committed to starting the conversation, raising the visibility of resources, and educating why IT’S OK NOT TO BE OK!
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Suicide completion rates have surged to a 30-year high. Suicide has no prejudice and each year more than 800,000 die in this silence. In the United States, over 48,180 people die by suicide every year, averaging 121 suicide completions each day.
Suicide is a preventable mental health crisis. The primary obstacle to suicide prevention is the silence of stigma. Stigmas are social and cultural factors that try to dictate how we express ourselves and compel individuals to be silent on their internal experiences. Too often, we do not discuss mental health or suicide until it directly impacts our community.
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