Suicide Prevention

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program. Hope Squad members are nominated by their classmates as trustworthy peers and trained by advisors. The program reduces youth suicide through education, training, and peer intervention.

Live On is a statewide effort to prevent suicide by promoting education, providing resources, and changing our culture around suicide and mental health. Their website can help you find support groups, understand the warning signs of suicide, and find local crisis support.

MY3 is for individuals who may be having thoughts of suicide, or who have a history of suicidal behavior. It is designed to help these individuals stay safe during when they are experiencing thoughts of suicide. MY3 helps individuals develop a safety plan for themselves. A safety plan is a written list of prioritized coping strategies and sources of support for people who are at high risk for suicide.

Is your child facing a challenge? Stabilization and Mobile Response (SMR) services can help. We work with you and your family to create a plan that fits your needs. 

Mobile Response Services provided to you in your home to ease an immediate challenge and provide support.

• Minimize the impact of the challenge on you and your family
• Create safety plans
• Connect you and your family to other helpful resources

Stabilization Services, short-term services, may be provided in addition to mobile response to help ensure your family's long-term success.

• Teach skills to improve family functioning
• Create plans that prepare you for and prevent future challenges
• Prevent the need for ot-of-home services
• Equip you with ongoing resources and support

SafeUT answers crisis calls, and chats—about yourself or someone else—24/7. These free services, provided by University of Utah Health, are confidential. Their counseling topics include: 

• Depression, anxiety, or other mental health issues;
• Suicide prevention;
• Loss and grief;
• Bullying and cyberbullying;
• Drug and alcohol problems;
• Self-harm;
• Relationship difficulties;
• Any life challenge.

SafeUT is free and confidential.
If an “active rescue” is necessary – meaning their crisis counselor believes the user is in immediate danger – the counselor will alert emergency services to attempt a face-to-face safety evaluation based on the information provided by the user.