9-8-8, THE SUICIDE & CRISIS LIFELINE

Hope Has a New Number: 988

The introduction of 9-8-8 is an opportunity for Florida to strengthen its overall crisis response system. 

Because people are linked to services and supported the first time they call 9-8-8, money is saved from repeated hospitalizations and other acute care services. 

Calls made to 9-8-8 and not 9-1-1 can relieve law enforcement agencies from responding to the vast majority of behavioral health crises.

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