Our kids are in crisis and desperately need support.
In 2020, suicide was the 2nd leading cause of death in kids ages 10-14.
Between 2007 and 2018, the suicide rate increased 60% among U.S. adolescents.
Among U.S. kids ages 12 to 17,
- 36.7% experience persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness
- 18.8% seriously considered attempting suicide
- 15.7% made a suicide plan
- 8.9% attempted suicide