I noticed a surge of anti-bullying campaigns during Obama's first term. Under Kevin Jennings the "safe schools" impetus quickly turned into a paedo grooming campaign; then Dan Savage toured schools to bully Christians - as with all Leninists, who/whom. We did, at least, get a Lee Hirsch documentary about the phenomenon that was only slightly rainbow-flag.
StopBullying.gov is, now, standforthesilent.org. They're here in Colorado. They tell me we're in the top ten states for child suicides so, tier 11-20 out of 100.
As to what causes it, Colorado (now) has high income stratification and also a political monoculture. I do not think that public schools are safe spaces for conservatives or Christians here, or for simple autists. To the extent that bullying is vigilante punishment, I'd not trust the conservative counties in reverse, either.
The (partial) shutdown of school campi has, likely, saved many introverts' lives. Although depression has spiked among the more neurotypical.
I'd also bear in mind that depression and suicides are not always sparked by bullying or at least not that alone. Alcohol and cannabis are legal in Colorado, and for teenagers a black-market exists. These chemicals (and MDMA) are not good for developing brains.
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