SafeUT

On January 20, 2026, we celebrated #10YearsOfSafeUT—marking a decade of strengthening youth mental health, preventing suicide, and improving school safety across Utah. A milestone built on early intervention, trusted partnerships, and lives saved 💙🧠

Your mental health deserves a podium moment too 🧠 Whatever worry, stress, or safety concern is on your mind, SafeUT counselors are here to help. Visit SafeUT.org or download the app for 24/7 support.

When life unexpectedly tackles you, we're ready 🏈 We're all on the same team and SafeUT counselors are here to support you 24/7. Visit SafeUT.org to chat and submit a tip, or download the app.

Yesterday we celebrated 10 years of @Safe_UT! The life-saving successes in the past ten years include: - 203,340 chats - 80,658 tips - 2,760 emergency interventions - 329,642 app downloads Learn more: bit.ly/4sYx11p @UtahAG @UofUHealth

Thanks to all who made this celebration possible—especially our hosts @UtahAG and SafeUT Commission—and speakers @RicCantrell, SafeUT Commission Chair; @AGDerekBrown; David Eldredge, @uofu_hmhi Chief Administrative Officer; and Shelby McDonald, whose story continues to inspire✨

Over the past decade, SafeUT has recorded nearly 330,000 app downloads, supported more than 200,000 K-12 and higher education chats, received more than 80,000 school safety tips, and facilitated more than 2,700 emergency interventions.

On January 20, 2026, we celebrated #10YearsOfSafeUT—marking a decade of strengthening youth mental health, preventing suicide, and improving school safety across Utah. A milestone built on early intervention, trusted partnerships, and lives saved 💙🧠

From all of us at SafeUT, we hope you have a warm and safe holiday season ❄️ Our licensed counselors are here to support you with any sized crisis or concern, 24/7—even on holidays.

It's time for a gratitude checkpoint! ✅ Pause your scroll and think of three things you’re grateful for. We're grateful for friends who check in, strangers who smile back at us in public, and beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

Our friends at Live On Utah also have helpful resources for survivors of suicide and ways to support someone who's grieving, which can be found at liveonutah.org/resources.

Our hearts are always with those grieving from a suicide loss ❤️‍🩹 And today, on International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, we extend our hearts to those grieving and remind you that we're always here to listen and support.

SafeUT's Parent & Family Advisory Committee is open for applications!🎉 The group's goal is to identify, support, and strengthen key components in the prevention community to help keep students and schools safe. Interested parents are invited to apply at bit.ly/PFAC-Form

Don't ghost your feelings 👻 Whatever worry, stress, or safety concern is haunting you around the clock, SafeUT counselors are here to help. Visit SafeUT.org or download the app for 24/7 support.

Help us keep Utah's students and schools safe by downloading the SafeUT app or visiting SafeUT.org to connect with a licensed counselor if you have any concerns about something or someone.

When someone uses SafeUT and shares that they have plans to harm themselves or others, SafeUT counselors take immediate action to make sure everyone's safe 💙 These instances are called emergency interventions. In the past year, SafeUT initiated 342 such interventions.

Visit SafeUT.org/Annual-Report to learn more about how Utahns turn to SafeUT in their time of need 🫂 If you're feeling concerned about something or someone, send a confidential tip online at SafeUT.org, or download the app.

This past year, suicide reemerged as the most frequently reported tip submitted to SafeUT. Although SafeUT received more tips about suicide and bullying, SafeUT saw a record-high in the number of potential school or campus threat tips, an 18% increase from last year 📈

SafeUT is a lifeline for kids in an increasingly dangerous world. It connects students to real help 24/7, free and confidential. I am grateful to the @Safe_UT staff and commission as well as the Utah Legislature for supporting this critical service. Read more @fox13.

The leadership of the SafeUT program and its community partners have announced the publication of the SafeUT Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report 🧠💙 Visit SafeUT.org/Annual-Report to learn more about how Utah leans on SafeUT in its time of need and what's next for the program.

Whatever you’re going through, you don’t have to do it alone. SafeUT counselors are here to talk about any sized problem, any time 💙 Visit SafeUT.org to chat with a SafeUT counselor online, or download the app.

SafeUT's success wouldn't be possible without the unwavering support and dedication from partners, commission members, and the wider community 🧠🤝 When Utahns face a mental health challenge, support is just a tap away. Learn more at SafeUT.org.