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The 988 crisis hotline ‘provides listening support without judgement,’ says a local mental health professional
Corkins talks about the importance and availability of the crisis line 988, which launched two years ago. This nationwide ...
A $7m funding deficit means one of America’s busiest suicide hotlines is seeing thousands of abandoned calls
Thousands of calls are being abandoned as Texas’s suicide hotline faces a $7 million funding deficit, according to a new ...
Texas Suicide Hotline Struggles Amid $7M Deficit
Yet, underfunding has left the hotline struggling to meet demand. The state allocated $14 million for the hotline ...
Amid a $7 million deficit to Texas’ suicide hotline, thousands of calls are abandoned monthly
Thousands of Texans in need are abandoning the state’s suicide hotline mid-call every month as call centers struggle under a ...
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Texas Suicide Hotline Struggles Amid $7M Deficit
Still, Texas has not allowed Medicaid to cover crisis intervention services, such as 988. Jennifer Battle, who supervises the hotline at the Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD: "We're doing ...
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Amid a $7 million deficit to Texas’ suicide hotline, thousands of calls are abandoned monthly
Since launching in 2022, Texas’ five centers that answer calls to the 988 suicide hotline have received more than 380,000 calls, the second highest call volume in the nation, according to the ...
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Amid a $7 million deficit to Texas’ suicide hotline, thousands of calls are abandoned monthly
A sign for 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline number, is posted at a North Austin parking lot on Jan. 3, 2025. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune Thousands of Texans in need are ...