It has been nearly three years since the launch of the 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and since then, millions seeking help have used the call center as a life-saving resource. But ...

Missouri's 988 Suicide and Crisis hotline is under scrutiny after House Representative Tricia Byrnes messaged the system to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Awareness of the mental health hotline could be in jeopardy amid federal cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration. 10TV's Kristen McFarland looked into ...

"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 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 ...

While most of the 988 line in Washington is funded by a state tax on cell phone bills, federal infrastructure and funds help keep the program running.

In those years, it placed access to transgender activists at children’s fingertips, enabling youth who text “PRIDE” to 988 or press option “3” after dialing the main hotline to connect ...

Butte-Silver Bow Health Department officials say not enough people know about the 988 hotline which is an important resource ...

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 ...

The Kane County Health Department invites the community to attend its “Safe Kane County” drive-through pickup, scheduled for Friday, April 25. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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 ...

The bipartisan National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, created by Sen. Tammy Baldwin and passed by Congress in 2020, brought the 988 Lifeline to fruition. In the future, however, Neumann aspires to ...