988 Research

Every year, millions of mental health or suicidal crisis calls are made to 911 and local crisis lines. But unfortunately, when in-person help is needed, law enforcement — not a mental health professional — is often the only response available. It doesn’t have to be this way.

People in mental health or suicidal crisis deserve a compassionate and effective response. To #ReimagineCrisis, our response needs three main parts: 24/7 local crisis call centers, mobile crisis teams, and crisis stabilization options. We can Reimagine Crisis Response. View NAMI’s State Legislation Map: https://reimaginecrisis.org/map/.

988 Calls Answered provided by SAMHSA 

You can find information to leverage these data points in your 988 advocacy efforts here. (Updated January 2022)