Safe UT app making inroads despite 36 youth suicides so far in 2017

SALT LAKE CITY — The SafeUT app is reaching a growing number of Utah students and connecting them to life-saving services, but the need for help is profound, said Rep. Steve Eliason, addressing the Utah State Board of Education Friday.Thirty-six Utah youths died by suicide this year through July, "which is a 12 percent increase from the worst previous period we had, which was through 2015 when we had 32 fatalities," the Sandy Republican said.The Utah Department of Health has not yet publis