Teen Life Counts

TLC is a free, school-based suicide prevention and education program for middle and high school students in the Greater New Orleans area.

TLC is a program of Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans. JFS is a social service agency serving people of all faiths. We are dedicated to preserving, strengthening and enhancing the well-being and self-sufficiency of individuals and families at every stage of life. JFS serves people in the Greater New Orleans area regardless of race, religion, disability, gender or sexual orientation.

For more than 30 years, Teen Life Counts (TLC) has provided school-based suicide prevention and awareness to students in the Greater New Orleans community. This psychoeducational prevention curriculum utilizes professionally trained staff and volunteers to inform students about teen suicide statistics, the stigma associated with mental illness, the warning signs of suicide, how to have a conversation with peers and adults, and where to get help. Additional educational programming is available for school staff, parents, mental health professionals and other Gatekeepers in the community. Thanks to generous donors, TLC is offered free of charge to middle and high school students at any public, private, parochial and charter schools upon request in the Greater New Orleans and surrounding area.