In The News (4/8/23-4/21/23)
A brief compilation of news articles on crisis response and 988 implementation.
- Nat’l: White House Announces Crisis Hotline for LGBTQ+ Youth (The Advocate, 4/7/2023)
- Nat’l: 4 lawmakers share their mental health struggles: It’s ‘a form of public service’ (ABC News, 4/11/23)
- Nat’l: Suicides increased in 2021, reaching highest level since 2018: CDC report (ABC News, 4/13/23)
- AL: Brantley getting new mental health crisis center (WSFA12, 4/11/23)
- CA: L.A. promised mental health crisis response without cops. Why isn’t it happening? (LA Times, 4/13/23)
- CA: 988 crisis line helps Didi Hirsch counselors save lives (Spectrum News, 4/13/23)
- CA: 72 hours: Inside San Diego County’s mental health crisis (San Diego Union Tribune, 4/16/23)
- IL: Illinois could create 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Working Group (WAND, 4/19/23)
- IN: How will the state pay for 988 services? (Indiana Capital Chronicle, 4/10/23)
- IN: On call mental health help: Stride Center opens, offering crisis services for community (The Republic, 4/15/23)
- IN: Lawmakers fight for full funding of mental health focused bill (WRTV, 4/18/23)
- KY: 988 suicide crisis hotline sees 24% increase locally since Louisville mass shooting (WDRB, 4/15/23)
- MO: Gov. Parson highlights new website launch for Missouri 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (KSDK, 4/12/23)
- ND: Calls into 988 crisis hotline in ND increased 52% in 2022 over 2020 (KFGO, 4/10/23)
- NY: Mental health crisis response pilot expands, despite ongoing struggles (Politico, 4/17/23)
- OR: As life on the farm gets even harder, Oregon considers joining the drive for mental health help (OPB, 4/15/23)
- SC: SCDMH receives $3M grant for mobile crisis units and response (ABC News 4, 4/17/23)
- SD: Sioux Falls expands Operation Hope Fund to help 988 callers (Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 4/19/23)
- WA: King County’s proposed crisis centers: What they are, how they would work (Seattle Times, 4/12/23)
- WI: Trauma emanates from mass shootings. Just ask crisis counselors, who get more calls after every one. (Green Bay Press Gazette, 4/6/23)
- WI: Wisconsin call center sees volume increase since launch of 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (Fox 11 News, 4/10/2023)
- WY: Gordon Calls Out Wyoming Lawmakers Who Won’t Fund 988 Suicide Call Centers (Cowboy State Daily, 4/18/23)
