Is your child facing a challenge? Stabilization and Mobile Response (SMR) services can help. We work with you and your family to deescalate a situation and/or create a plan that fits your needs and will have a team meet you where you are, wherever you are in the community. If your child’s thoughts and behaviors are normal for their age or a sign of something more serious. Sometimes you may not know where to turn for help—and you may need help right now if your child: threatens to hurt themself or others, is verbally or physically aggressive, uses substances, and destroys or steals property. A mobile crisis response team can help address urgent challenges your child is having. These services are free to everyone in Utah, no matter where you live.

Phone: 833-723-3326

Callers connected to the Utah Crisis Line receive specialized, individualized support from certified crisis workers trained in suicide prevention, de-escalation, and stabilization and get connected to mental health resources. This line may also connect you to a Mobile Crisis outreach team where trained crisis workers mee you wherever you are in the community and receiving centers which provide a safe space when you're having a mental health challenge but don’t need to be hospitalized.

Phone: 800-273-8255 (TALK) or 988

Free website and app to chat with a licensed counselor for free. Available 24/7. You are also able to submit a tip if you’re worried a friend is being hurt or might hurt someone else, SafeUT will help you tell a trusted adult.

Phone: 833-372-3388

Live On is a statewide effort to prevent suicide by promoting education, providing resources, and changing our culture around suicide and mental health.

Find crisis services resources, faith, firearm safety, LGBTQIA+, parents, postvention, youth and young adults, etc.

The Utah suicide Prevention Committee and Coalition has resources for firearm and medication safety. Simple steps can help prevent tragedy. Learn how secure storage and responsible ownership of your firearms, ammunition, and medications can protect your loved ones and reduce the risk of suicide.

Intermountain Healthcare also has an article for firearm safe storage. Find education videos and safe off-site and on-site storage options for your weapon.

NAMI Utah offers classes, support groups, and resources throughout Utah for families, caregivers, and individuals living with mental illness.

In a time when suicide is the leading cause of death among Utah youth, it is more important than ever for families, educators, and community members to be educated about suicide and suicide prevention. This evidence-based toolkit has been created by prevention specialists in collaboration with Utah PTA with a singular goal in mind: to help every child in Utah. It contains a combination of upstream, midstream and downstream approaches designed to help children of all ages in their homes, at PTA activities, in the classroom and more.

The Utah Suicide Prevention Committee and Coalition has articles for youth & young adults, LGBTQ+, faith, and workplace resources for suicide prevention and mental health support.

Education and support to empower and give parents hope as you support your child’s mental health.

Emotional health is the ability to express feelings, adjust to emotional challenges, tolerate frustration, cope with life stressors, and enjoy life. It includes knowing our strengths and what we can get better at, persisting after failures and setbacks, developing flexibility and resilience, living and working on our own, and letting others help us along the way. With some tools, tips, and practice, you can feel confident to talk about emotional health with your child.

Explore suicide prevention resources to recognize warning signs of suicide and self-harm, and learn how to respond with care and support.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention focuses on eliminating the loss of life from suicide by: delivering innovative prevention programs, educating the public, raising funds for suicide research and programs, and reaching out to those who have lost someone to suicide.

Suicide Prevention Resource Center can help you find help for yourself or someone else, explain what suicide prevention is, and suicide prevention resources.