OUR MISSION
OUR MISSION
Team KYvO’s mission is to prevent suicide contemplation by focusing on life and helping make the choice to live the easier and better option.
At the heart of KYvO is a simple belief:
People need reasons to stay
connected to life.
We believe suicide prevention can begin before a person reaches a crisis. By helping people build resilience, connection, understanding, skills, hope, and a life they have reasons to stay connected to, we can create more opportunities to Dream to Live.
THE INITIATIVES OF Team KYvO
Team KYvO is working toward changing its status from a community organization into a nonprofit organization.
AS A NONPROFIT, Team KYvO WILL:
- Advocate for a change in the focus of suicide prevention toward preventing suicide contemplation.
- Work with other organizations to promote the prevention of suicide contemplation while recognizing that current suicide-prevention practices remain essential supportive measures for individuals experiencing suicidal thoughts.
- Extend the preventive measures developed by KYvO and other like-minded programs so that choosing to live becomes the easier and and better option.
- Tailor prevention to meet individual needs.
ADDITIONALLY, Team KYvO WILL PROVIDE FUNDING AND MANPOWER TO RESEARCH:
- Measures that promote good mental health and measures that may help prevent mental illness.
- Measures for individuals living with mental illness that may help reduce episodic breaks in mental health caused by their illness.
- The relationship between ADHD and suicide.
Team KYvO WILL ADVOCATE TO:
- Fundamentally change the mental-health industry from a reactive, treatment-focused model toward proactive preventive care.
- Advocate for health-insurance coverage of twice-yearly mental-health checkups.
- Change hearts and minds by helping people understand the difference between mental health—the state of a person’s mental well-being; mental illness—a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder; and a temporary decline or disruption in mental health that may occur without a diagnosed mental illness. By understanding these distinctions, people may be more likely to recognize changes in their mental health and the importance of seeking support and maintaining regular mental-health care.
- Eliminate the stigma surrounding mental-health care and mental illness through public-service announcements and other educational efforts.
- Raise awareness of the relationship between ADHD and suicide and the associated risks, particularly within healthcare and the mental-health professions.
Team KYvO WILL COMPLETE THE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND AFFORDABLE AVAILABILITY OF:
- Coping on Campus
- Your Corner — a tailored program designed to meet the needs of various walks of life.
LASTLY, Team KYvO WILL:
- Update all programs as research and evidence dictate.
- Plan, implement, and promote fundraising programs to support these initiatives.
- Research appropriate grant opportunities and develop proposals to secure funding.
- Maintain and update KYvO’s social media platforms and websites.
- Develop programming that allows for the creation and support of localized chapters across the nation.
- Remain true to KYvO’s principles so they are not changed by corporate involvement or by becoming a national charity.
OUR GRASSROOTS COMMITMENT
It is imperative that KYvO remain a grassroots movement of individuals and like-minded nonprofit organizations working together to help people recognize that everyone has a role and responsibility in preventing suicide contemplation—in themselves and in each other.
The Initiatives of Team KYVO
Working towards changing our status as a community organization into a Nonprofit.
THESE ARE KYVO'S INITIATIVES AS A NONPROFIT:
- Advocate to change the focus of suicide prevention to prevent suicide contemplation.
- Work with other organizations to promote the message of preventing suicide contemplation and to recognize current suicide prevention are supportive measures to assist those with suicidal thoughts and need to be promoted as such
- Extend the preventive measures of KYVO and other like-minded programs so the choice to live is the easier and better option
- Tailoring prevention to meet individual needs.
ADDITIONALLY:
Provide Funding and Manpower to Research the Following:
- Measures that promote good mental health Measures that prevent mental illness.
- Measures for individuals with mental illness that will stop the episodic breaks in mental health cause by the illness.
- To better understand the link between ADHD and Suicide
ADVOCATE TO:
- Fundamentally change the mental health industry from being reactive treatment focus to proactive preventive care
- Force health care insurance to provide biannual mental health check ups
- Change the hearts and minds of people to differentiate between mental health- the state of mental and emotional health- mental disease- chronic mental health diagnosed conditions- and mental illness- episodic breaks in mental health with and without a mental disease so they will receive these check-ups.
- Eliminate the stigma of mental health care and mental illness –provide funding to promote PSAs to address these issues
- Raise awareness of the link between ADHD and Suicide and the associated risks especially in health care and in the mental health profession
Complete Research, Development and Affordable Availability the Following Programs:
- Coping on Campus
- Your Corner- A Tailored Program to Various Walks of Life
LASTLY:
- Updating all programs as our research dictates
- Planning, implementing, and promoting fund raising programs to meet these initiatives.
- Researching appropriate grant programs and writing proposals to receive this funding.
- Maintaining and updating all social media and websites.
- Programming that will allow for the creation and support of localized chapters across the nation
- Staying true to KYVO principles so they are not change by cooperation involvement or as a national charity.
It is Imperative that we remain as a Grassroots Movement of individuals and other like-minded nonprofit organizations working together to help people recognize that everyone has a role and responsibility in preventing suicide contemplation in themselves and each other.
Help Build Hope
Your support helps Team KYvO build resources, develop programs, and create opportunities for people to
Dream to Live.
Together, We Can Build Even Bigger and Better Toolboxes, Stronger Connections, and More Hope.
BEFORE YOU EXPLORE: PLEASE READ
Life is hard. It really sucks sometimes.
Team KYvO helps people build resilience, find coping tools, strengthen connections, and keep moving forward—because tomorrow needs you.
DISCLAIMER:
Team KYvO is a proactive approach to suicide prevention, not a substitute for professional care. We do not provide medical advice, crisis intervention, or emergency response. If you are in immediate danger or at risk of attempting suicide, call 911 or call or text 988.