Resources
Learn about resources from Jana Marie Foundation and other organizations across the county, the state, and the country.
Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group
Join Evelyn Wald, a licensed professional counselor, for Jana Marie Foundation’s Survivors of Suicide Loss support group. This group provides an opportunity to come together to share and gain insight and understanding into our grief that comes as a result of suicide. Meets monthly on the first Tuesday of each month. A special 5-week session happens in both the Spring and Fall. The group is open to adults, ages 18 years or older.
Tranquility Stations
Tranquility Stations are a free, accessible library of mental health and wellness resources for students in grades K–12, created by Jana Marie Foundation with help from our friends at Doing Good with Wood.
Designed as inviting, physical stations placed within schools and community spaces, Tranquility Stations provide young people with tools they can explore independently or with trusted adults. Each station includes age-appropriate books and resources that support emotional awareness, coping skills, mindfulness, and self-regulation—meeting students where they are in their day.
By normalizing access to mental health resources and encouraging curiosity, Tranquility Stations help reduce stigma while promoting emotional wellbeing and resilience. These stations serve as a quiet reminder that support is available, conversations are welcome, and mental health matters at every age.
Mental Health Emergency?
If you are experiencing an emergency please call 911 or contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting 988.
The Jana Marie Foundation is not a counseling agency.
Crisis Resources
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
Crisis Text Line
Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support and information via a medium people already use and trust.
PA County Crisis Lines
Each county in Pennsylvania has a crisis line to assist people in need. Find all the county numbers here.
The Trevor Project
Counselors trained to work specifically with LGBTQ youth in times of crisis.
County Resources
Center for Community Resources
Center for Community Resources makes a positive difference in everyday lives by connecting people to a network of supports and services essential for actively learning, working, and living in the community.
Centre Helps
Centre Helps navigates the local safety net for our friends and neighbors in need.
Centre Safe
Help for victims of all genders who experience domestic, relationship, or sexual violence.
Counseling & Psychological Services
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides group and individual counseling, crisis intervention, and psychological and psychiatric evaluations for undergraduate and graduate students as well as prevention and consultation services for the University community.
PeerStar, LLC
Peerstar LLC℠ is a leading provider of mental health recovery, certified peer support services and forensic peer support services in Pennsylvania.
Purple Book
A guide to mental health services and support in Centre County.
Skills of Central PA
As a premier health and human services organization, Skills strives to help people living with behavioral health, intellectual or development challenges. We work to overcome adversity, promote choice, encourage recovery, and give support when the people we work with need it most.
Strawberry Fields, Inc.
Strawberry Fields, Inc. provides comprehensive services and supports for people with disabilities and their families.
The Meadows
As an integrated behavioral health care delivery system, The Meadows provides comprehensive mental and behavioral health treatment services to children, adolescents, adults and older adults.
Tides
At Tides we offer no cost support for families coping with the death of someone special to them. Children and teens from pre-school to age 18 and their adult family members come together to share their grief in a supportive setting.
Additional Resources
American Association of Suicidology
A membership organization designed to promote the understanding and prevention of suicide and support those who have been affected by it.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
AFSP is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families recognize and cope with depressive disorders through education, outreach, and advocacy.
Families for Depression Awareness
Nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families recognize and cope with depressive disorders through education, outreach, and advocacy.
Institute on Aging Friendship Line
Institute on Aging’s 24-hour toll-free Friendship Line is the only accredited crisis line in the country for people aged 60 years and older, and adults living with disabilities.
Mental Health America
Mental Health America (MHA) – founded in 1909 – is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all Americans.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
The National Institute of Mental Health is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders.
National Eating Disorders Association
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders.
No Kidding, Me Too
Removing the Stigma from Mental Illness. No Kidding, Me Too! is an organization whose purpose is to remove the stigma attached to brain dis-ease through education and the breaking down of societal barriers.
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
SAMHSA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, works to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.
Self-Injury and Recovery: Resources for Parents
This document, created by The Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery, provides helpful information for parents and caregivers.
The Jason Foundation
The Jason Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide through educational and awareness programs that equip young people, educators/youth workers and parents with the tools and resources to help identify and assist at-risk youth.
The Jed Foundation
Transitioning into adulthood can bring big changes and intense challenges. The Jed Foundation empowers teens and young adults with the skills and support to grow into healthy, thriving adults.
Veterans Crisis Line
Connect with the Veterans Crisis Line to reach caring, qualified responders with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Media & Safe Reporting
Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
The Framework for Successful Messaging is a resource to help people messaging about suicide to develop messages that are strategic, safe, positive, and make use of relevant guidelines and best practices.
Safe Reporting on Suicide
From the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, the video “Safe Reporting on Suicide” discusses how to more effectively cover this sensitive topic.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
This document offers evidence-based recommendations for creating safe and effective messages to raise public awareness that suicide is a serious and preventable public health problem.
Teachers & Schools
13 Reasons Why
Following the Netflix release of 13 Reasons Why, many mental health, suicide prevention, and education experts from around the world came together to create a toolkit to help encourage positive conversations.
Act 71
Act 71 was passed in 2014 as House Bill 1559 which requires school districts in PA to adapt a set of policies and procedures for suicide prevention and train all educators in grades 6-12 in suicide prevention for a period of 4 hours every 5 years.
Bullying Prevention Resources
General resources from the Center for Schools and Communities Resources on Bullying Prevention.
Prevent Suicide PA Learning Center
A comprehensive set of training resources for anyone who may come into contact with someone struggling with suicidal thoughts or behaviors.