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Parenting Resources

Suicide Prevention and Crisis Lines:

For all emergencies, please dial 911 immediately
SAFE UT
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Wasatch Mental Health Crisis Line
Hope4Utah
Youth Suicide Warning Signs
UMA HOPE Squad - Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program and class. 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. Peer Nomination and teacher approval needed to join.

Health and Community Resources:

This is not a comprehensive list and only includes a small representation of resources available

Search for free and income based medical clinics in Utah: https://www.freeclinics.com/sta/utah

Comprehensive Document from Dean Barley, PhD, Licensed Psychologist and Suzanne F. Plowman, PhD, Licensed Psychologist, regarding choosing mental health care professionals and low cost mental health services in Utah County.

United Way of Utah

- Includes financial assistance, food, housing, and many other resources in addition to mental health resources.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness):

- NAMI Utah’s mission is to ensure the dignity and improve the lives of those who live with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy.

- NAMI’s Utah County Contact is Angie Peterson (801)-400-3516
  - She can help you locate appropriate classes, tell you when they are starting and their locations.

- All of NAMIs classes are offered free of charge

- - NAMI Basics
    - A free 6 week class for parents and caregivers of children/adolescents with mental health conditions who are looking for information on how to support their child.
    - NAMI Basics classes are also offered in an online format and are taught on demand.
  - NAMI Family-to-Family
    - A free 12-week course designed to offer education and support to family members, partners, and friends of individuals with a mental health condition.
  - NAMI Progression
    - A free 6-week course for youth ages 13-18 who are living with a mental health condition. It is a safe place to learn about mental health conditions, diagnosis, triggers, treatments, stigna, self-care and recovery.
  - NAMI Peer-to-Peer
    - A free 10-week course that encourages growth, healing, and recovery for anyone with a mental health condition.
  - NAMI Homefront
    - A free 6-week course for families, partners and friends of military service members/veterans with a mental health condition that addresses the unique challenges veterans and their families often face.
  - NAMI Support Groups
    - Mentoring
      - A free service providing those living with mental illness and their families a peer who can listen, empathize, and connect them to valuable education/support programs and other local resources.
    - Connection
      - A free recovery-based support group for those living with a mental health condition.
    - Family
      - A free empowering support group for family members, partners and friends of individuals living with a mental health condition.
    - Suicide Loss Survivor
      - A free group of family members and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. This group works to connect survivors with resources and tools.

Provo Canyon Behavioral Hospital

The Trevor Project
- The Trevor Project connects you to free crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth in the form of a hotline, text line, and online chat. The trevor project’s support center offers a wealth of resources for LGBTQ+ youth and their families.

BYU Comprehensive Clinic
- Provides counseling services for individuals, couples and families by graduate interns at a reduced rate

Center for Change
- Specializes in treatment for eating disorders.

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