The recipients of the grants are: Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) and The
Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc (TE)."

The Trevor Project is a non-profit endeavor established to promote
acceptance for gay and questioning teenagers and to aid in suicide
prevention among that group .

LifeWorks Mentoring was founded in 2004 to bring the 100-year-old tradition
of mentoring to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. The
organization matches successful adults with transitional age youth to work
on a LifePlan, a set of short and long term goals in five achievement
areas: health, education, vocation, permanent housing and community.

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. Suicide and the myriad of issues that Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) youth face must be addressed head-on with
frank and open language to reduce shame and stigma surrounding sexual
orientation and identity. The organization runs The Trevor Helpline
(866/4-U-TREVOR), the only national 24-hour, 365 day-a-year, toll-free,
confidential suicide prevention helpline for gay & questioning youth.

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Susan Orr,
Associate Commissioner of the Children's Bureau in the
Administration on Children, Youth and Families,
Administration for Children and Families, at the
U. April is
National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc (TE)

The grant will fund Teen Empowerment's 13th Annual Youth Peace
Conference to be held Saturday, May 14 , 2005 at John Hancock Hall in
Boston. Curie and Brenda Bruun of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) that Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
remove the words "gay," "lesbian," "bisexual" and "transgender" from their
upcoming conference, we offer the following joint statement given on behalf
of The Trevor Project (Los Angeles, CA), National Mental Health Association
(Washington, DC), San Francisco Suicide Prevention (San Francisco, CA),
CHRIS Kids (Atlanta, GA ) and Lifeworks Mentoring (Los Angeles, CA):

In 1998, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (of
which SAMHSA is a branch) published, in their Report of the Secretary's
Task Force on Youth Suicide, Paul Gibson's report on Gay Male and Lesbian
Youth Suicide which states:

"Gay and lesbian youth belong to two groups at high risk of suicide: youth
and homosexuals . To attempt to mask a discussion of this subject with
incorrect or vague titles is irresponsible and not forthcoming. Founded in 1963 with the initial focus of providing
telephone intervention to people experiencing suicidal crisis, the focus of
the agency has gradually shifted from strictly suicide prevention to more
general counseling services.

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Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
(MSPCC)

The grant will support MSPCC's work as Local Host for the 15th
National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), which will
take place at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, April 18-23, 2005. With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to
improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million
people with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research and
service.

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Putnam's
grant establishes a unique public private partnership between a major
national corporation, a private non-profit and the federal government .

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Putnam is lead corporate sponsor for two major conferences

Putnam Investments will award grants to support a national and a
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gay youth are 2 to 3 times more likely to attempt
suicide than other young people."

The Trevor Project

The Trevor Helpline (866/4-U-TREVOR) is the nation 's only toll-free 24-hour
hotline dedicated to suicide prevention for gay and questioning youth. We must take a closer look at
why LGBT teens in specific are at a higher risk for suicide than their
heterosexual peers. "With
messages like this it is no wonder that LGBT youth are at such a high risk
for suicide.

National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the country's oldest and
largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and
mental illness.

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Pagliuca, MSPCC Board Member;
Marylou Sudders, MSPCC President and CEO; Dr." "While we
appreciate that effort," says Micheal Faenza, MSW, CEO of the National
Mental Health Association, "this issue is now part of the public dialogue
making it imperative that SAMHSA clarify their position both publicly and
formally. When the helpline is mentioned in publications such
as People en Espaol or "Dear Abby" columns, or when national network
television shows such as "Jack & Bobby" and "One Tree Hill " run the
helpline prior to closing credits, they can expect to respond to four times
their average call volume during that period. Sadly, until we end discrimination based on sexual
orientation, we can continue to expect families, friends, communities and
schools to experience the loss of those teens who continue to feel out of
place and alone.

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S. The Youth Peace Conference began in 1993 as a way to bring
together Boston teens to help solve the epidemic of gang violence
plaguing the city at the time. On a
daily basis, they experience the reality of these statistics. Over the past
year, calls to their line have increased from 200-300 calls a month to
800-1200 calls a month .

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San Francisco Suicide Prevention (SFSP) is the oldest volunteer crisis line
in the United States.

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All of these facts indicate that suicide among this highly vulnerable,
oft-neglected segment of our population is a vital and necessary topic for
SPRC to address in a frank, open and appropriately titled manner.

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LifeWorks also sponsors a weekly support program, LifeSupport, for LGBT
youth ages 15-24 facilitated by peer mentors.

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REMINDER/Putnam Investments Makes Grants to Major Children and Youth Initiatives With MSPCC and Teen Empowerment

Where: Putnam Investments
One Post Office Square
8th floor AV room
Boston, MA 02109
617-760-7529

Who: Woody Bradford, Managing Director Putnam Investments;
Stephen G. Department of Health and Human Services, NCCAN is
the nation's premiere conference on child abuse and neglect. We applaud the Suicide Prevention Resource Center
for addressing the issue of suicide among this vulnerable group.

During a recent Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) advisory council
meeting, Charles Curie stated verbally that SAMHSA does not prohibit use of
the terms "gay," "lesbian," "bisexual" or "transgender.

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When: February 8, 2005 at 5:00 p.

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"Requesting that the words 'gay,' 'lesbian,' 'bisexual' and 'transgender'
be avoided and eliminated sends the message to teens who identify
themselves as such that who they are must also be avoided and eliminated,"
said Jorge Valencia, Executive Director of The Trevor Project.

CHRIS Kids is a non-profit organization whose mission is to break the cycle
of abuse by healing children, strengthening families and building
community. Services are provided 24 hours a day by over
150 trained volunteers with the supervision of a small multidisciplinary
staff.

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PRESS RELEASE Social Service Organizations Respond to SAMHSA Request

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Numerous reports and studies completed since then agree (including the US
Center for Disease Control-funded Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Surveys
in 1999, 2001 and 2003) that Gibson's numbers are correct, if not
under-estimated.

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Department of Health and Human Services; Stanley
Pollack, Center for Teen Empowerment Executive Director;
Teen Empowerment Youth Organizers. The organization provides an array of mental health and related
support services targeted to helping abused, neglected and rejected
children become productive citizens.

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REMINDER. This indicates that lesbian,
gay , bisexual, transgender and questioning teens are still feeling alone
and suicidal. Teenage
suicide in general is a topic about which we as parents, families,
communities and schools should be concerned .

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Both conferences, to be
held in Boston this spring, will foster dialogue on issues affecting
youth and families. Over 800 Boston-area youth attend the
conference each year.

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. Organized by the Children 's
Bureau of the U. The subject must be addressed clearly and
unapologetically. Services include residential
treatment for children, ages 6 - 17; independent living for youth, ages 17
- 21; in -home wraparound services and a no-eject summer day camp.