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Causes: Hot Lines & Crisis Intervention, Mental Health, Suicide Prevention
Mission: To reduce service member and veteran suicide using enhanced data insights, focused client acquisition, and trauma-informed suicide intervention services. We do this through a disruptive high-touch, high-frequency case management model, strategic partnerships and industry-leading suicide assessment.
Target demographics: U.S. military service members and veterans
Programs: Stop Soldier Suicide (SSS) is the only national nonprofit focused solely on reducing the military suicide rate. Our vision is a nation where service members and veterans have no greater risk of suicide than any other American. The goal of SSS is to reduce military and veteran suicide rates by 40 percent no later than 2030, effectively saving more than 2,400 lives per year. Now headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, SSS provides consistent, confidential, trauma-informed care for U.S. service members and veterans at highest risk for suicide through its one-of-a-kind suicide intervention model, innovative use of data insights, and a technology-first approach. These services are all provided completely free of charge to our clients, regardless of period served or discharge status.