The 915 Emergency Suicide Crisis Hotline, a toll-free, 24/7 service designed to provide immediate support to individuals in crisis was launched yesterday. The initiative was announced at the ...

The hotline was introduced in 2022 and is funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. So far it has provided crisis intervention services to over 1.2 million LGBTQ+ individuals.

This includes a lack of demographic data on who is calling the 988 crisis hotline. Auditors also discovered that data gathered by different entities is not combined for analysis, while other ...

the federally mandated 988 crisis hotline, mobile response teams and crisis centers. FILE - A suicide hotline sign is positioned on the Vista Bridge in Portland. Michael Clapp / OPB Oregon’s age ...

By Maggie Astor Fearing the loss of federal funding, the nation’s largest anti-sexual-violence organization has barred its crisis hotline staff from pointing people to resources that might ...

Calling a crisis hotline like 988 is recommended for mental health emergencies to connect individuals with appropriate support quickly. Editor's note: This story describes suicide prevention.

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A leaked budget draft revealed the federal government is proposing to gut all funding for a hotline giving emergency crisis support to LGBTQ+ youth contemplating suicide. It’s ...

Meanwhile, lawmakers offered legislation aimed at protecting a veteran’s crisis hotline amid the agency’s turmoil. VA Secretary Doug Collins appeared in front of the Senate Committee on ...

The agency has not fully kept track of the number of calls made to the 988 mental health hotline and county crisis hotlines. It began collecting data from 988 callers in 2022, but county crisis ...

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched nationwide in 2022. A phone line tax since January 2024 provides funding in Oregon. The hotline, along with a mobile response team and stabilization ...

A family friend called the Ramsey County crisis hotline, which dispatched the mobile crisis response team to stabilize Haidet and offer on-site mental health services and resources. Months later ...