Hope Squad program in schools help teens identify peers at suicide risk If you have thoughts of suicide, call National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 Published: Tags: CINCINNATI, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) – The suicide rate for kids ages 10 through 14 tripled from 2007 to 2017. In 2019, suicide rates among older teens and young adults reached the highest point in almost two decades. And experts aren’t yet sure what impact the pandemic will have on kids and young adults. Now, there’s an evidence-based program that taps teens to identify peers who could be at suicide risk. High school is supposed to be a time for making memories. But it’s also a time when teens are in turmoil.