WHAT FISP IS  ALL ABOUT                                       

FISP is a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 ALL VOLUNTEER organization.  Our funding is acquired

through Membership Dues, Grants, Sponsorships, Fundraising Events and Donations. 

Our mission is the Prevention of Suicide.  The following statistics demonstrate the urgency

and magnitude of 

the need to focus on this mission. 

DID YOU KNOW ?

S Worldwide over 1,000,000 people die each year by suicide.

S    The CDC's most recent report shows the largest One-Year Increase in Youth Suicide

       Rate in 15 Years

S Suicide takes the lives of over 2,400 Floridians and 32,000 Americans each year.

S In 2004, there were 2,382 reported suicide deaths in Florida.

S In Broward County Florida the youngest documented child to complete suicide was 9 years

     of age.

S Florida has the 2nd highest number of suicides in the Nation and ranks #13 highest

      rate of all the states [2001].

S Florida has more than two times the number of suicides than homicides or deaths by

      HIV/AIDS.

S Every 43 seconds someone in the U.S. attempts suicide; Every 17 minutes someone

      in the U.S. dies by suicide. 

S For every single completed suicide there are at least 25 attempts!

S Each person who dies by suicide leaves behind an average of eight loved ones or

       survivors, not to mention friends, co-workers, schoolmates and religious affiliates

These figures tell why our mission is so very urgent here in the state of Florida and throughout

 the United States. In an effort to prevent suicide, FISP  strives to accomplish our mission to

Prevent Suicide by Educating Professionals and the Public, Providing Prevention

Programs, Advocating for Mental Health Legislation and Supporting Survivors of Suicide.  

(A survivor is a person who has lost a loved one to suicide.)

See the the Suicide Facts page for the Florida Initiative For Suicide Prevention

20 DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL WARNING SIGNS 

The following programs which FISP provides to our community are the reasons why we have

become such an important part of the suicide prevention effort in our state.

         Now the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention, Inc. is now also the

       FLORIDA INITIATIVE FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS

                                               Providing the FISP SUN Programs

         FISP SUN Prevention Programs include:

         The FISP Teen " Solutions Unlimited Now" SUN Problem Solving Program

                  At locations In cooperation with:

                             The YMCA at Lauderhill Middle School

                             The YMCA in Hollywood

                             The Broward County Juvenile Justice Detention Center

                             The Broward County Juvenile Justice Probation Department

                             The Florida Ocean Sciences Institute

                             The SOS Children's Village

                             Hispanic Unity of Florida

                             LEAF - A Residential Detention Facility for Girls

        The NEW FISP Adam Silverman College SUN Program

                    Soon to be on College Campuses in the South Florida Area  

                    In partnership with Hillel of Palm Beach and Broward Counties

         The FISP SUNSHINE Club Problem Solving and Support Program for the Elderly

                          in partnership with the Broward County Elderly and Veterans Services Division

Prevention Trainings and Presentations:

                       Area on Aging Inter Faith Conference

                       Broward County Foster Parents

                       Broward County Court Appointed Guardian ad Litem for Children

                       Broward County Schools for Students and Teachers

                       Crisis Intervention Trainings for Dade and Broward County

                       Cypress Bay High School

                       Drug Free Youth In Town

                       Fresh Start

                       Florida International University

                       Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies

                       Miami Children's Hospital

                       Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA)

                       Palm Beach Middle School Students

                       Police Departments Dade and Broward including Broward Sheriffs Department

                       Pompano Beach Fire Department Teen Program

                       University of Miami Law School

                       Youth Crime Watch National Convention

Survivor Support Programs:

                       Survivor Support Groups in four locations:  (See survivor page)

                        Davie, Hallendale Beach and Hollywood

                       FISP Annual Survivor of Suicide Day Conference

                       Telephone referrals and written material packages

Support Legislation:

                        Voting Member of the State Suicide Prevention Coordination Council

                        Promoting Statewide legislation to support programs to reduce suicide

                        Promoting  funding for suicide research and education

                        Promoting better medical services for the mentally ill

Support Mental Health Programs through Collaboration:

                        Sponsor and Program Coordinator of the Broward-Palm Beach

                        Bi-County  Suicide Prevention Through Mental Wellness Day

Please do not hesitate.  Call our office to get more information. Join FISP now and

help meet our state's goal to reduce suicide in Florida by one third by 2010.  Become

involved in this urgent mission to Prevent Suicide Now! 

Contact Jackie Rosen, Executive Director/CEO (954) 384-0344

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Who’s on the Board at FISP: 
 

Jackie Rosen, Executive Director/CEO. 

Officers

Harry M. Rosen, Esq., Chairman

Ruden McClosky Law Firm

Former Mayor of Miramar and Weston

Joseph M. Steinman, Membership V.P.

Former CEO of Trimline Sales

Judi Robaina, Ways and Means V. P.

Activist in Area Charity Organizations 

Dawn Holcomb, Secretary

Ruden McClusky Law Firm

Helen Weil, SUN Program Coordinator 

Founder and Director of Training Program for the Mentally Ill

Former Associate Director Program for Emotionally Disturbed Children

Board Members:

Michelle Channing, Ph.D

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Chris Holcomb- Publicity Chair

Community Activist for those with Catastrophic Injuries

Wayne House, President/CEO

United Video & Teleconference Center

S. Elizabeth Kortlander, Ph.D

Licensed Psychologist

Frederick Lippman, B.Sc., R.Ph., Ed.D.
Chancellor

Health Professions Division.

Nova Southeastern University

jAMES McDonnell

President / CEO

Louis M.  Reidenberg, Esq.   

Pamela Westberg-Reidenberg

 Vitas

Judge Ginger LERNER-WREN

Broward County Mental-Health Judge

Rev. Robert W Sands,

Griffin Road Baptist Church

Sands Communications, Inc.

Silvana  A. Savio, M.S,M.F.T

Marriage and Family Therapist

Sen. Ronald A. Silver

38th District, The Florida Senate

Judge Arlene J. Simon

Department of Juvenile Justice Office of General Counsel

Legal Coordinator - Juvenile Delinquency and Children in Nee Services. (CINS)

Austin W. Tupler

Austin Tupler Trucking, Inc.

Lila Zedeck

Community Activist

Murray Zedeck, D.O.

Chairman, TransCapital Bank

Chairman and Professor (ret), Dept. of Community Medicine of Southeastern College of

Osteopathic Medicine Member of "Broward Beautiful" Advisory Board to Broward County

Commission Former Chairman, Broward County Housing Finance Authorit

Honorary Board Members

Rene Barrett, FISP Founding Executive Director                                

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                        FISP ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS 

                                        ELECTED TO FISP BOARD OF DIRECTORS

                                                         Lila Zedeck

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                                                          FISP SUN PROGRAM

                                                   “SOLUTIONS UNLIMITED NOW”

The FISP SUN Program:   "Solutions Unlimited Now”  for Adolescents,

College Students and The FISP SUNSHINE CLUB Program Model adapted

for Senior Citizens:  

FISP provides the structured group counseling model SUN Problem Solving

Program to groups of teens and college students in partnership with area

organizations at no cost  to the organization or the student.  This ten step ten week

program is facilitated by a mental health professional in confidential groups of

eight to ten participants.   It is funded strictly through donations, sponsorships

and grants.  We have been very successful at providing SUN to hundreds of

children in YMCA after school programs, teens in the Broward County Juvenile

Justice system both in the Broward Detention facility, the LEAF residential girls

facility and teens on probation as part of their community service obligations. 

Additionally  we have serviced Hispanic Unity of Florida in Hollywood and SOS

Children's Village in Coconut Creek.

SUN was originally developed by professor Judith S. Tellerman, Ph.D. in Chicago.  

FISP brought SUN to South Florida four years ago after sponsoring research to verify it's

effectiveness. Through continual research FISP has continued to improve and developed

enhancements to the program. In keeping with this effort, FISP announces our collaboration

with Nova Southeastern University School of  Psychology and it's Director of the

Assessment and Consultation Center (SPACC) Dr. Ralph E. Cash. This partnership

is for the purpose of  furthering our research and evaluation of the FISP SUN Program

enabling us to continue to enhance and improve SUN effectiveness.  The findings suggest

 that the SUN model has an ability to produce remarkable results in terms of improved

cognitive decision-making and social skills in both troubled and normative teens and

pre-teens.

SUN is a very flexible program that can be adapted and utilized with any age group. 

This adaptability has allowed FISP to develop additional groups in partnership with many

agencies.  This expansion has included our SUNSHINE Club for the elderly in partnership

with the Health and Human Services Elderly and Veteran’s Department in Broward County.  

FISP will be starting groups at their facility in December of 2006.  The newly funded

Adam Silverman Memorial College SUN groups are in developmentas well.  A

partnership will be developed with several area colleges to provide referrals to groups

on their campuses.  FISP expects to constantly expand and improve our SUN based

programs with the help of Nova Southeastern University’s continuous research which will

provide data and constant improvement in all the FISP SUN based programs.

The feeling of belonging, acceptance and safety of having a confidential peer and adult

support system can effectively help the 27.3 percent of Florida’s high school students in

grades nine through eleven that experienceddepression in 2005.  It can give the 14.5% of

that 27.3 %, who seriously considered suicide and the 11.6% who made a suicide plan the

confidence in themselves to the stay alive. The alarming statistic showing 108.5% of youth

in the Hispanic community as being depressed and 17.6% having made a plan to accomplish

suicide shows the urgent need in immigrant communities.  Suicide is the 5th leading cause

of death for youths 5-14 and the 3rd leading cause of death for youths 15-24.   Data collected

by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that suicide emerges as

a significant problem during the high school years, increases among young adults

20–24 years of age, and continues to increase marginally over thenext two decades

of life.

             Help FISP continue this disparately needed program through

                                    donations and sponsorships.

HELP OUR TEENS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SENIORS  LIVE MORE

                                                            SUCCESSFULLY!

                                SPONSOR A FISP “Solutions Unlimited Now”

                                                     ☼  SUN  GROUP ☼

                     HELP THEM ALL LEARN HOW TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS!

        YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP THEM ALL learn how to BETTER

HANDLE THEIR  DECISIONS  AND BE A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL.

The groups are structured to enable the teens to help themselves and each other

learn how to find and implement well thought out solutions to their problems. Each

group is facilitated by a SUN trained mental health professional, who use various

modalities to help the group progress.

Groups include:

 ♦    8 to 10 Participants

 ♦   10 Weekly Group Meetings

 ♦    SUN Trained Adult Mental Health Professional Group Facilitator

 ♦    All Program Materials   

 ♦    Completion Party and Completion Certificate

 ♦    Group Research Data by Nova Southeastern University

I would like to Sponsor

____ $250         One Teen, College Student or Senior in a group

____ $500         Two Teens, College Students or Seniors in a group                     

____ $1,250      Five  Teens, College Students or Seniors in a group          

____ $2,500      One Complete Group of 10 Teens, College Students or Seniors

mail checks to address below made payable to:

FISP

2645 Executive Park Drive

Weston, FL 33331

I have enclosed a check in the amount of       $                                 . 

Charge to Visa ______ Master Card   ______ American Express   ______

Card#___________________ Expiration Date: _________

Signature: _____________________________________                    

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        HELP FISP HELP TEENS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, SENIORS AND

                       SURVIVORS LIVE HEALTHIER, HAPPIER MORE

                                           SUCCESSFUL LIVES!

                                                  Join us at our  2008

                                            ANNUAL DINNER DANCE

                          FISP Rocks at the GRAND

                                                              Honoring

                     Florida's  Secretary of the  

                     Department of Children and Families                        

           Robert A. Butterworth

                       with the FISP Humanitarian Award

                                        SUNday , April 6, 2008

                                 Seven o’clock in the evening

                                                         at

                                        The Signature Grand

                                        6900 State Road #84

                                                 Davie, Florida

            Cocktail Reception...Dinner...Dancing…Silent Auction

                                          Featuring Entertainment and

                            Music for dancing and your listening pleasure

                                                                                 By the 11 piece Band

                                                              The Five Boroughs

                                                    Supporter:  $100      Life Saver:  $150                                                                             

                                      per person                        per person

                                       Please respond by March 27, 2006

                President               Ways and Means       Executive Director  

               Harry Rosen               Judi Robaina               Jackie Rosen    

                             Host Committee Dinner Dance 2008

                                              Senator Nan Rich & Mr. David Rich

                                         Rep. & Mrs. Martin Kiar

                              Rep. & Mrs. Frankin & Mrs. Leslie Sands

                Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin

                                               & Mr. Richard Rubin

                                            Mayor & Mrs. Eric Hersh

                               Commissioner & Mrs. Murray Chermak

                             Commissioner Angel & Stephanie Gomez

                              Commissioner Mercedes  & Mr. Otto Hendricksson

                               Commissioner and Mrs. Daniel Stermer

                              School Board Chair Robin  & r. John Bartleman

                                            Barry & Lexie Cohen

                                              Eli & Mona Habib

                                           Murray & Sheri Geffin

                                             Byron & Beth Jaffe

                                              Paul & Rochelle Konig                               

                                            John & Monique Pepper

                                             Laurie Rich-Levenson

                                                Louie & Judi Robaina

                                               Harry & Jackie Rosen

                                                Gavin & Sue Susman

                                                    Ann Zucker

                                          2008 FISP ROCKS Dance Committee

                                                   Chair  Judi Robaina

                                                         RUTH BETTINI

                                                         Rosalind Burd

                                                         Lexie Cohen

                                                         Mary Ann Frame       

                                                         Mona habib

                                                         Rina Keshen

                                                         Cynthia Kline

                                                         Ellen Korman

                                                         Candy Norton

                                                         Jamie Pierce    

                                                         Pan Reidenberg

                                                         Karen Saster    

                                                         D'vorah Silverstein

                                                         Joy Werman

                                                         Lisa Werner

                                                         Elsa Zoberg

                                           Sponsor Opportunities

   £ Save-A- LIFE- Four tables of (10) & Event Sponsorship Award..............$10,000

                                     Newspaper Publicity and Journal Front Cover

   £ LIFESAVER- Three Tables of Ten (10) & Center Two (2) Pages………....$ 7,500

   £  LIFE PRESERVER- Two Table of  Ten  & Outside Back Cover Page……$ 5,000

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