The Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead with plans to designate a three-digit number to reach the National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 988
The five-member commission unanimously voted on Thursday to approve the proposal, which is now open for public comment, and start the rulemaking process."988 has an echo of the 911 number we all know as an emergency number.
There are other crisis lines that are reachable via text such as the Crisis Text Line, Teen Line and the Trevor Project for LGBQT youth. "Texting is primary for so many young people, and it would be a mistake for us to build a system that presumes talk is the only starting point for discussion," Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said. Republican Sen.
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