In The News (1/6/23-1/27/23)

A brief compilation of news articles on crisis response and 988 implementation.

• Nat’l: Calls to veterans suicide hotline spiked over New Year’s holiday (Military Times, 1/6/23)
• Nat’l: Cries for help pour into 988 mental health, suicide line (AP, 1/10/23)
• Nat’l: Better 988 Routing Seen as Doable, but Geolocation ‘Contentious’ (Communications Daily, 1/12/23)
• Nat’l: Veterans eligible for free emergency suicide care starting Tuesday (Axios, 1/13/23)
• Nat’l: 988 Lifeline sees boost in use and funding in first months (NPR, 1/16/23)
• Nat’l: New 988 Mental Health Crisis Hotline Sees Record Demand (NYT, 1/19/23)
• Nat’l: New 988 mental health crisis line sees ‘eye-opening’ rise in calls, texts, chats in first 6 months, data shows (CNN, 1/19/23)
• Nat’l: New FCC rule seeks to protect 988 suicide, crisis line from outages (UPI, 1/26/23)
• AZ: New suicide hotline getting more than 4,000 calls a month in Arizona (KOLD, 1/24/23)
• CA: Editorial: Three police killings in one week expose L.A.’s deadly response to mental health crisis (Los Angeles Times, 1/13/23)
• CA: San Rafael approves mobile crisis response program (Marin Independent Journal, 1/23/22)
• CA: New Suicide and Crisis Lifeline call center humming with lifesaving in Bakersfield (Bakersfield.com, 1/26/23)
• IL: Over 300 calls to Memorial Behavioral Health 988 hotline (WICS, 1/5/23)
• IL: Mobile Crisis Response Team aims to help those facing mental health issues (Aurora Beacon-News, 1/9/23)
• IN: Indiana 988 seeing “steady call volume” since its launch in July (WTHI, 1/19/23)
• IN: Indiana lieutenant governor personally urges lawmakers to fund 988 response (WISHTV, 1/26/23)
• IA: Crisis Hotline Saw Calls Double After Launch (KIWA, 1/5/23)
• KS: The 988 suicide hotline went live in July. How is Kansas doing six months later? (Topeka Capital-Journal, 1/19/23)
• KY: Organizers work to ensure 988 suicide crisis line helps rural residents too (Hoptown Chronicle, 1/24/23)
• MD: Maryland lawmakers may spend $12M to improve mental health crisis hotline, if bill moves forward (WYPR, 1/23/23)
• MA: Mass. launches 24/7, 365 days-a-year mental health hotline (WGHB, 1/5/23)
• MI: Michigan sees spike in 988 mental health calls. But what happens next? (Bridge MI, 1/18/23)
• MI: 988 rollout causes some hiccups for landline users (WOOD, 1/18/23)
• MN: Since switch to 988, suicide hotline busier than ever; experts say MN response could still improve (KARE, 1/10/23)
• MO: Missouri 988 hotline helps callers with suicide prevention and more (Columbia Missourian, 1/10/23)
• MO: Kansas City-area mental health nonprofit hiring for more crisis responders (KSHB, 1/10/23)
• NV: Nevada 988 crisis call center also serves as national backup (Nevada Public Radio, 1/20/23)
• NH: Mobile crisis response team reduces need for police interactions (Laconia Daily Sun, 1/6/23)
• NH: Officer knew of mental illness (Concord Monitor, 1/8/23)
• NH: In New Hampshire, 16% of police officers are trained to handle mental health emergencies (Concord Monitor, 1/21/23)
• NM: New LGBTQ Extension at 988 Lifeline in New Mexico (WUNM, 1/13/23)
• OK: How an Oklahoma 988 mental health line is dealing with an increase in calls (KRMG, 1/25/23)
• OR: Teen volunteers staff crisis support line to help peers facing mental health challenges (PBS NewsHour, 1/25/23)
• TN: New 988 suicide and crisis lifeline sees success in Tennessee in first six months (WTVF, 1/20/23)
• VT: With state funding, Burlington moves closer to launching a mental health crisis response team (VTDigger, 1/25/23)
• VA: 988 reaches six months in service (WSIS, 1/5/23)
• WA: Our printable guide for helping someone in a mental health crisis (Seattle Times, 1/6/23)
• WV: West Virginia 988 mental health helpline receiving additional dollars (WTRF, 1/15/23)
• WI: ‘You’re treated like a criminal’: Wisconsin eyes fixes for emergency mental health system (Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, 1/5/23)
• WI: DHS: Thousands more Wis. residents than expected utilize 988 hotline (WMTV, 1/12/23)
• WI: Call volume has skyrocketed since Wisconsin launched simplified 988 crisis hotline (WPR, 1/25/23)
• WY: Advocates stack support for 988 suicide lifeline funding bill (Casper Star Tribune, 1/12/23)
• WY: Suicide prevention bill passes House, but no money is allocated for it (Wyoming Public Radio, 1/26/23)