Geographic routing ensures that attempts to reach the National Suicide Prevention Hotline for intervention ... policy be ...

"988 is a unique hotline in that it connects the callers to the service and the service is crisis counseling and crisis intervention." 988 is already live in some places across the country ...

The 988 hotline already is live nationwide — those experiencing suicidal thoughts or another mental health crisis can call or text the number — but the scheduled launch of the Allentown call ...

988 has been the nationwide number to call for the suicide hotline, ever since it was signed into law in 2020. "Anybody who's experiencing a mental health crisis, an emotional disturbance ...

The suicide prevention nonprofit Trans Lifeline is blowing its whistle on the 988 crisis hotline in a new report this week, saying the hotline’s collaboration with police exposes callers to ...

The Nevada Legislature will consider a bill that would make changes to the state’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline.

The new three-digit code, 988, was developed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to create a simpler way to access mental health assistance. “Texting capability would improve ...

California mental health providers are reporting receiving more calls from people in crisis since the launch of the 988 hotline on July 15, 2022. Courtesy Getty Images. California made it easier ...

Tim Bommel Missouri House of Representatives A Missouri lawmaker who texted the state’s 988 suicide hotline saying that she had a gun to her head won’t face criminal charges, the Cole County ...

Tim Bommel Missouri House of Representatives A Missouri lawmaker is under criminal investigation after texting the state’s 988 suicide hotline that she had a gun to her head in what she called a ...

COLE COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - The Missouri State representative who dialed 988 from inside the state capitol to show issues with the hotline won’t face charges. That’s according to the Cole County ...