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One year in, 988 crisis line looks to next steps: ‘We cannot let our guard down�

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One year after the creation of the three-digit crisis hotline known as 988, officials say the next step is expanding awareness and local crisis care.

More than 4 million people have called, texted or chatted the suicide prevention hotline in the year since its creation, according to Laurel Stine, executive vice president and chief policy officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

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A bookmark for children with the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline emergency telephone number is displayed Aug. 14, 2022, by Lance Neiberger, a volunteer with the Natrona County Suicide Prevention Task Force, in Casper, Wyoming. After his son died of suicide 16 years ago, Neiberger thought of taking his own life. Instead, the petroleum engineer is spearheading the difficult battle to curb Wyoming’s suicide rate, the highest in the nation.





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