Agency Details:

Teen Link

Teen Link is teens helping teens, empowering youth by supporting them as they make healthy decisions.

Description:
Teen Link is a confidential, anonymous, and non-judgemental telephone help line answered by teens each evening from 6-10 PM. Teen volunteers are trained to listen to our callers' concerns and to talk with them about whatever is on their mind. No issue is too big or too small.

Teen Link also offers Youth Suicide Prevention Presentations to schools and agencies serving youth in King County. The curriculum is presented by staff, and is can be co-facilitated by a professionally trained youth volunteer. YSPPs encourage students to talk openly about stress, coping mechanisms, warning signs, and methods of intervention with someone who may be considering suicide.

History:
In 1993, 16-year-old Audra Letnes died at the hands of her boyfriend who had abused her for over a year. She had become estranged from her friends and was afraid to talk to her mother about the abuse. Feeling along and isolated, Audra was unable to reach out and find the help that may have saved her life. It was because of this tragedy that Teen Link was born, created to be a safe, confidential, non-judgemental place for teens to go when they don't feel they can talk to anyone else.

Contact people:

Lily Sweeney, Outreach Specialist, (phone), (email) Daemond Arrindell, Youth Services Manager, (phone), (email)

Address:

1515 Dexter Ave N Seattle, WA 98109 (See a map)

Web Site: http://866teenlink.org

Directions:

Please call for directions

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	No
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	No
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes

Last updated on August 13, 2009