The crisis hotline 988 launched in California in 2022 ... If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting ...

Yet, underfunding has left the hotline struggling to meet demand. The state allocated $14 million for the hotline ...

The hotline, which replaced local crisis lines ... contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "988" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org ...

To fully implement the text and chat component into the state ... and trained health care personnel available 24/7, the 988 hotline infrastructure is still in its early stages.

From January to August, 18,500 calls to the state’s 988 suicide hotline were abandoned by callers, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Thousands of Texans in need are abandoning the state’s suicide hotline mid-call every month as call centers struggle under a $7 million funding deficit and a growing suicide rate statewide. The 988 ...

The hotline has been used thousands of times in two years ... according to the mental health alliance. To fully implement the text and chat component into the state’s 988, the state would need to at ...

To fully implement the text and chat component into the state ... which would create a more reliable and robust funding source for the 988 hotline — a state trust fund, similar to how 911 ...