Three Years of 988 and Reimagining Crisis

This July, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline celebrates its third birthday. 988 has been an invaluable resource, answering millions of calls, texts and chats, from people seeking support during a mental health crisis. It has also driven a historic movement to build systems of crisis care across the country to support those seeking help. In particular, state legislators have partnered with advocates and community members to embrace and implement the full vision for crisis care – a system where everyone experiencing a crisis has someone to contact, someone to respond, and a safe place to go.  

Register today for the National Alliance on Mental Illness's (NAMI’s) next Virtual Town Hall to recap the first three years of 988 and celebrate the state efforts to expand access to 988 and crisis care.

During this Virtual Town Hall, attendees will:

• Hear about NAMI’s vision for crisis care and our hope for advocacy moving forward.
• Learn from NAMI State Organizations about their successes advocating for 988 legislation and supporting local implementation.
• Lessons and strategies for sustaining momentum and ensuring that crisis care remains one of the bi partisan issues of our time.