The sheriff’s change in policy is the result of a federal appeals court ruling in July. The appellate decision meant that two ...

Unless the funding challenges seen in Lynnwood — and at similar facilities in Pierce County — are solved, it could put the ...

The launch of the nation's 988 mental health hotline did not coincide with significant and equitable growth in the ...

Strategies are needed to boost financing and availability of crisis services at mental health centers to meet increased ...

The national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline debuted in July 2022 to provide an easy-to-remember phone number to access trained crisis counselors and emergency mental health services. A new study ...

crisis hotline 988 now features Spanish-language text, chat options The line is intended to help counsel people in crisis and ...

This could limit the effectiveness of the lifeline, which is meant to connect people in crisis with mental health services ...

The federal grants that supplemented 988 operations expired in 2024, leaving Texas’ crisis system at risk of collapse without ...

Critical crisis services for people have not become more available since the rollout of the nationwide hotline system in ...

That initiative is the school’s partnership with Sources of Strength, an organization that teaches kids how to talk about ...

This could limit the effectiveness of the lifeline, which is meant to connect people in crisis with mental health services THURSDAY ... the effectiveness of the hotline, a new study says.