{"id":18786,"date":"2026-04-16T12:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/?page_id=18786"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:15:32","slug":"support-our-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Our Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Why Support Our Work?<\/h2><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: inherit\">Why is the Suicide Prevention Institute needed right now more than ever?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c13daf4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c13daf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>More than 49,000 people die by suicide each year \u2014 with 1,600+ in North Carolina alone. Our sole focus is to reduce those numbers and support people who feel the impact of suicide loss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5406104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5406104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<h2><h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Collaborative. Community-Based. Impactful.<\/h2><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e3f0e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44e3f0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Collaboration is the lifeblood of our work. That is how we move prevention rapidly from simple ideas to actual impact in communities.<\/p>\n<p>Your support can fuel our success at the grassroots level. Make a gift that helps us expand programs and reduce suicides in communities across North Carolina. Gifts go directly to fund expenses and initiatives such as:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f93aa25 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f93aa25\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f4ccd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53f4ccd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beab183 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"beab183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Trainings in communities. The trainings may serve clinicians, educators, advocates, and other stakeholders. It helps them use, share, and scale effective suicide prevention strategies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Events that bring together people. We unite people who work in suicide prevention in schools, rural areas, and more. This helps them learn about what works and how to adapt it to work in similar places.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\"><span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Innovations that prevent suicides. Our team uses and measures new ideas to reduce deaths by suicide. We look at data and create ways to meet people where they are with the help they need.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/give.unc.edu\/donate?f=346235&amp;p=unch&amp;s=MEDFOT25V3UU39\">BRING A PROGRAM TO YOUR COMMUNITY<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#f5f5f5;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground \">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\" style=\"text-align: center\">Suicide Prevention Institute works with people from all walks of life to reduce suicides in North Carolina.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2><h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Stories<\/h2><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Suicide Prevention Institute works with people from all walks of life to reduce suicides in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/our-stories\/\">SEE THEIR STORIES<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div>\n<h2><h2 class=\"www-somHeader\">Every Gift Matters<\/h2><\/h2>\n<p>Any gift of any size makes a difference. Your support can change lives, meet needs, and support people in your community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/give.unc.edu\/donate?f=346235&amp;p=unch&amp;s=MEDFOT25V3UU39\">BE A CHANGEMAKER<\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is the Suicide Prevention Institute needed right now more than ever? More than 49,000 people die by suicide each year \u2014 with 1,600+ in North Carolina alone. Our sole focus is to reduce those numbers and support people who feel the impact of suicide loss. Collaboration is the lifeblood of our work. That is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Support Our Work\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122763,"featured_media":0,"parent":18342,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-18786","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Support Our Work | Department of Psychiatry<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Support Our Work | Department of Psychiatry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why is the Suicide Prevention Institute needed right now more than ever? More than 49,000 people die by suicide each year \u2014 with 1,600+ in North Carolina alone. Our sole focus is to reduce those numbers and support people who feel the impact of suicide loss. Collaboration is the lifeblood of our work. That is &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Psychiatry\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T23:15:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/\",\"name\":\"Support Our Work | Department of Psychiatry\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-16T16:41:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-22T23:15:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Suicide Prevention Institute\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Support Our Work\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Psychiatry\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2017\/06\/Psychiatry_logo_rgb_h.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2017\/06\/Psychiatry_logo_rgb_h.png\",\"width\":982,\"height\":151,\"caption\":\"UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Support Our Work | Department of Psychiatry","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Support Our Work | Department of Psychiatry","og_description":"Why is the Suicide Prevention Institute needed right now more than ever? More than 49,000 people die by suicide each year \u2014 with 1,600+ in North Carolina alone. Our sole focus is to reduce those numbers and support people who feel the impact of suicide loss. Collaboration is the lifeblood of our work. That is &hellip; Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/","og_site_name":"Department of Psychiatry","article_modified_time":"2026-04-22T23:15:32+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/","name":"Support Our Work | Department of Psychiatry","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-04-16T16:41:18+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-22T23:15:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/support-our-work\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Suicide Prevention Institute","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/suicide-prevention-institute\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Support Our Work"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/","name":"Department of Psychiatry","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#organization","name":"UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2017\/06\/Psychiatry_logo_rgb_h.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2017\/06\/Psychiatry_logo_rgb_h.png","width":982,"height":151,"caption":"UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122763"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18786"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19529,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18786\/revisions\/19529"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/psych\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}