The States Respond To Crisis

The 988 crisis line has been up and running for a little over a year. Owned by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and funded through two, five-year SAMHSA grants to the tune of $48 million (see National ‘988’ Lifeline For Mental Health Crisis Goes Live In July 2022), the program is at once national in its marketing, state-based in its funding, and local in its administration (see Vibrant and 988). And these distinctions can lead to variable applications of the crisis lines on a state-by-state basis. The implication for provider organizations is . . .