ABF Core Values:
• Educating others on the importance of learning about the signs of
depression and suicide
• Awareness through education that depression is treatable and suicide
is preventable
• Preventing suicide by awareness and education of proper steps/actions
ABF Goals:
• Host and facilitate A.S.I.S.T. (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills
Training) programs to train fifteen to thirty people.
• Implement a pilot program for suicide prevention in high schools.
• Develop and enhance website to promote awareness.
• Collaborate with at least six partner agencies.
• Develop a speaker bureau to educate and publicize suicide
awareness and prevention.
• Provide seed funding for promising programs of suicide prevention.
