In the News (4/8/22-4/25/22)
A bi-weekly compilation of news articles on crisis response and 988 implementation.
- National: Exclusive: Biden gives California, other states millions to improve suicide prevention lifeline (McCaltchy DC, 4/19/22)
- National: New suicide hotline number is unknown to most Americans (Axios, 4/20/22)
- National: FIRST OPINION: Not going all in on the 988 hotline will ensure its failure (STAT, 4/20/22)
- CA: Oakland’s first big experiment in diverting 911 calls to mental health teams has launched. Will it help people on the streets? (San Francisco Chronicle, 4/16/22)
- FL: The suicide hotline soon will be 3 digits. But Florida is unprepared, advocates say. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 4/15/22)
- FL: Orlando Police Department considers expanding mental health response team following success (WESH, 4/7/22)
- KS: The 988 suicide prevention hotline is coming in July. Funding it remains in doubt in the Kansas Legislature. (4/14)
- MN: First-of-its-kind mental health treatment works to keep patients out of the ER (KARE11, 4/14/22)
- NV: Sisolak pledges $20M to open psychiatric ERs (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 4/19/22)
- NJ: Stimulus law update: N.J. getting $2.5M from feds to change suicide hotline number to 988. (NJ.com, 4/24/22)
- NY: National Suicide Hotline prepares for new number (Spectrum News 1, 4/22/22)
- OK: Oklahoma’s 988 mental health lifeline to launch by July, run by nonprofit vendor (Tulsa World, 4/12/22)
- OK: For Oklahomans facing mental health crises, 988 call center could make ‘world of difference’ (The Oklahoman, 4/21/22)
- SC: ‘Lives will be at stake’: SC lawmakers failed to fully fund 988 suicide hotline (The State, 4/17/22)
- SC: ‘Very disappointed’: SC lawmakers fight to revive funding for suicide hotline (WCIV, 4/19/22)
- TN: ‘Partner in Care’ program responds to over 1K calls, pairing Metro police with mental health specialists (WKRN, 4/19/22)
- TX: Thousands of 911 calls on track to be diverted from APD to mental health clinicians (Fox 7 Austin, 4/19/22)
- VT: Burlington Police work to revamp their response to mental health calls (WCAX, 4/11/22)
- WA: A new crisis hotline, 988, is coming this summer. Is Washington ready? (Seattle Times, 4/24/22)
- WV: Additional counselors to be hired for suicide hotline in anticipation of 988 launch in West Virginia (WV News, 4/11/22)
- WV: Officials say new W.Va. mental health hotline will help people in the state (WTAP, 4/13/22)
