Services We Provide
Crisis Interventions
Trevor Lifeline—The only national 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for LGBTQ young people under 25, available at 1-866-488-7386.
TrevorChat—A free, confidential, secure instant messaging service for LGBTQ youth that provides live help from trained volunteer counselors, open daily.
TrevorText—A free, confidential, secure service in which LGBTQ young people can text a trained Trevor counselor for support and crisis intervention, available daily by texting START to 678678.
Suicide Prevention Trainings and Resources
Trevor Lifeguard Workshop—The Lifeguard Workshop is a free online learning module based on The Trevor Project’s in-person workshop, which is listed in the SPRC/AFSP Best Practice Registry for Suicide Prevention. The Lifeguard Workshop webpage includes a video, a curriculum guide, lesson plans, and additional resources for educators.
Trevor CARE Training—This training for adults provides an introduction to suicide prevention techniques based on Trevor’s CARE model (Connect, Accept, Respond, Empower).
Trevor Ally Training—This training introduces adults to the unique needs of LGBTQ youth.
LGBTQ on Campus—These online, interactive training simulations for students and faculty in higher education are AFSP/SPRC Best Practices for Suicide Prevention and were created in partnership with Kognito Interactive and Campus Pride.
Step-In, Speak-Up—These online, interactive training simulations for faculty and staff working with youth in Grades 6–12 are AFSP/SPRC Best Practices for Suicide Prevention and were created in partnership with Kognito Interactive.
Model School District Policy for Suicide Prevention—A roadmap to help school leaders easily navigate ways to bring suicide prevention policies and resources to their schools, developed in collaboration with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the American School Counselor Association, and the National Association of School Psychologists.
Coming Out As YOU!—A pocket-sized guide to inspire critical thinking in youth who are questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Trevor Support Center – A resource where LGBTQ youth and their allies can find answers to frequently asked questions, and explore resources related to sexual orientation, gender identity and more.
PSAs—Our current public service announcements, “Ask for Help,” are available free of charge for TV, radio, website, social media, and print use.
We've Been Doing Some Research.
The Trevor Project is committed to producing innovative research that brings new knowledge and clinical implications to the field of suicidology. To accomplish this, The Trevor Project takes a two-pronged approach.
1. We partner with external research organizations (such as academic institutions) to carry out complex investigations that range from program evaluations to interventions.
2. We monitor, analyze, and evaluate existing data collected from Trevor-served youth to produce insights into vulnerable populations, suicidal risk factors, and social factors influencing suicidal ideation and attempts.
Current Research Projects
The Trevor Project is currently working on a program evaluation of its crisis services in conjunction with the University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The first in Trevor’s 18 year history, this program evaluation will provide concrete data around the crisis intervention and suicidal de-escalation that is central to Trevor’s mission. We look forward to publishing the results of this evaluation in a variety of outlets starting in late 2016.
The Trevor Project and faculty from the University of Rochester are collaborating on the creation, testing, and training of machine learning models to inform the development of a web-based suicide prevention intervention for diverse LGBTQ communities. This project aims to address health concerns of LGBTQ youth through Internet- and emerging technology-based approaches. These research projects are supported by Grant SRG-0-200-17 from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention as well as from the University of Rochester CTSA award number KL2TR000095 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsors.
The Trevor Project is also examining the relationship between gender identity and suicide risk through analyses of internal data. We anticipate publishing a manuscript on this topic by the end of 2016.
