In The News (6/17/22-6/30/22)
A bi-weekly compilation of news articles on crisis response and 988 implementation.
- National: Mental health groups express concern about readiness of new suicide prevention hotline (CNN, 6/18/22)
- National: The 911 for Mental Health Is Almost Here — Ready or Not (Bloomberg, 6/21/22)
- National: The New National Mental Health Crisis Line Is Coming. Who Will Respond to the Calls? (Slate – State of Mind, 6/22/22)
- National: Rollout of new national mental health hotline faces obstacles (PBS NewsHour, 6/29/22)
- CA: Op-Ed: Will the new 988 hotline be a game changer for mental health or a missed opportunity? (LA Times, 6/18/22)
- GA: ‘If you treat them, people get better’: ‘Co-responder’ program to help law enforcement deal with mental health calls (WMAZ, 6/28/22)
- ID: ‘Gonna lose my gun again,’ Idaho deputy said minutes after fatally shooting man in mental health crisis (NBC News, 6/17/22)
- IL: Mental health advocate optimistic new national hotline will improve Illinois’ crisis infrastructure (The Center Square, 6/29/22)
- IN: A new mental health number launches soon. Here’s how Indiana is preparing (WFYI, 6/21/22)
- IN: Indianapolis set to expand services for 911 calls involving mental health emergencies (WTHR, 6/22/22)
- IA: Area call centers prep for launch of 988 hotline for mental health emergencies (KCRG, 6/20/22)
- MA: Mass. House joins Senate in mental health push (GBH, 6/16/22)
- MA: Our view: Help needed to make 988 suicide prevention hotline work (The Salem News, 6/17/22)
- MA: Advocates: 988 mental health hotline in Massachusetts a good start, more resources needed (WickedLocal, 6/28/22)
- MN: Improved mental health crisis support phone number coming (Isanti-Chisago County Star, 6/16/22)
- MO: Stakeholders hope new mental heath hotline number will help prevent military, veteran suicide (KOMU, 6/29/22)
- MS: Crisis training helps responses to mental health issues (AP, 6/18/22)
- NV: Nevada building behavioral health infrastructure, starting with new 988 hotline (This Is Reno, 6/16/22)
- NV: Nevada prepared for launch of mental health hotline — 988 — in July (Nevada Public Radio, 6/22/22)
- NY: Capital Region putting in work ahead of 988 hotline launch (WRGB, 6/24/22)
- NC: In Durham, unarmed responders will answer 911 calls for those having a mental health crisis (WRAL, 6/28/22)
- OH: Here’s what to know when the 988 suicide prevention lifeline launches next month in Ohio (Columbus Dispatch, 6/17/22)
- RI: State budget includes federal funding to create a 988 suicide prevention hotline (The Valley Breeze, 6/29/22)
- SC: Greenville-based suicide prevention call center will soon be overwhelmed, experts warn (Greenville Journal, 6/16/22)
- SC: ‘There’s nothing weak about seeking help’: SC to launch new 988 mental health hotline (WLTX, 6/17/22)
- WV: West Virginia is ready for new rollout 988 number July 16th (WTRF, 6/27/22)
- WI: 988 will soon be the new number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Here’s how the change helps Wisconsin. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6/27/22)
