R.I. Gov. McKee: RI Suicide and Crisis Line Calls Increase by More Than 50 Percent Since 988 Launch
September 21, 2023
September 21, 2023
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 21 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023:
Governor Dan McKee today announced that the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline answered more than 6,000 calls during its first year of operation in Rhode Island, significantly increasing the number of people being connected to mental health resources even as the state continued to have one of the highest local answer rates in the nation.
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Governor Dan McKee today announced that the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline answered more than 6,000 calls during its first year of operation in Rhode Island, significantly increasing the number of people being connected to mental health resources even as the state continued to have one of the highest local answer rates in the nation.
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