We Need to Talk is...

We Need to Talk is a community-wide youth mental health initiative aimed at increasing awareness of mental illness, reducing stigma, and improving access to services. The program is managed by Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit with support from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.

WN2T works in partnership with Jewish Detroit’s human service agencies, schools, synagogues, and youth-serving organizations. Together, WN2T and partners provide educational programming, trainings, and funding for additional mental health professionals to support young people and their families.

Our Dedicated Partners

  • Adat Shalom Synagogue
  • BBYO
  • Friendship Circle/UMATTER
  • Farber Hebrew Day School
  • Frankel Jewish Academy
  • Hillel Day School
  • Hillel of Metropolitan Detroit
  • The Jewish Community Center of Metro Detroit’s JFamily
  • Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit
  • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
  • JVS Human Services-Kadima Mental Health Services
  • Mood Lifters
  • Temple Israel
  • Tamarack Camps
  • Yeshiva Beth Yehudah

Our Generous Funders

  • Robert Appel
  • The Bar-Levav Family
  • Sam and Susie Bernstein
  • Harold Beznos
  • Samuel Beznos
  • David Carroll
  • Natalie Charach
  • Herbert and Henrietta Charfoos
  • The Children’s Foundation
  • The Honorable Avern Cohn
  • Harriet Colman
  • Congregation Shaarey Zedek
  • William Davidson Foundation
  • Alfred and Bernice Deutsch Millennium Fund
  • Jean and Howard Dubin
  • Nicole and Stephen Eisenberg
  • Vivian and Malcom Henoch Family Philanthropic Fund
  • Hermelin/Davidson Center for Congregational Excellence
  • The Jewish Education Project
  • Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit
  • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
  • The Jewish Fund
  • Jewish Women’s Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit
  • Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation
  • The D. Dan and Betty Kahn Foundation
  • Lisa and Daniel Klein
  • Ronald Klein
  • The Kogan Family
  • Manat Foundation
  • Barbara Milberger
  • The Irving and Ethel Palman Foundation
  • Susie and Normal Pappas Challenge Fund
  • The Sylvia and George Pevin Foundation
  • The Ravitz Foundation
  • Eli Scherr
  • Stephen H. Schulman Millennium Fund for Jewish Youth
  • United Way for Southeastern Michigan
  • Wilker-Friedman Philanthropic Fund
  • Ron Yolles
  • Zuckerman-Klein Family Foundation