Jan 17, 2025
We’re proud to announce the launch of a new public service announcement video promoting Project Safeguard, a suicide prevention initiative to promote lethal means safety in Northeast Wisconsin Did you know that half of all suicide-related deaths involve firearms? Safe...
Jan 6, 2025
The Northeast Wisconsin Mental Health Connection is proud to announce the appointment of Sarah Bassing-Sutton as its new Executive Director. Sarah has been an integral part of The Connection’s mission since 2020, serving as the Community Suicide Prevention...
Nov 22, 2024
Dear Members, Funders, Partners and Community, I am writing, with a heart filled with mixed emotions, to share that I will be stepping down as Executive Director of the N.E.W. Mental Health Connection at the end of this year. Let me start by saying thank you for the...
May 6, 2024
The Northeast Wisconsin Mental Health Connection will celebrate Mental Health Month on May 9 in Appleton with a special report on Healthy Teen Minds, an eight-year initiative to improve teen mental health in the Fox Valley. The event, planned for 7:00 – 9:30 a.m.,...
Jul 17, 2023
The N.E.W Mental Health Connection is excited to introduce Tiffany Yang as the newly hired project coordinator who will lead the DRIVE Health Project, a new initiative to improve the mental health of the Fox Cities’ Hmong and Black communities. The project is being...
Jun 12, 2023
By Natalie Eilbert USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin June 12, 2023 Click here for story link Suicide rates have increased by 66% in the Fox Valley between 2010 and 2018, sparking a mental health crisis and, with it, a need for solutions. Sixty-six percent. That’s how...