Oregon Health Authority Awarded 988 Suicide Hotline State Planning Grant

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has received a planning grant to prepare the state to launch 988, a national suicide prevention emergency number that will go live on July 16, 2022, nationwide. The $135,000 grant will help Oregon with resources, training, technical assistance, and infrastructure needs to allow access to the new number by that date. The grant required Oregon to begin its planning on February 1, 2021.

Oregon received the grant on January 25, 2021, through Vibrant Emotional Health, the non-profit that administers the National Suicide Prevention hotline. Vibrant has awarded grants to 49 states and territories . . .