Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra as a top priority at HHS. This initiative is part of President Biden’s comprehensive strategy to address our nation’s mental health crisis, and is identified by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to put crisis care more in reach for people in need. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the U.S. The lifeline, which also links to the Veterans Crisis Line, follows a three-year joint effort by the U.S.
On Saturday, the United States will transition the 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 988 – an easy-to-remember three-digit number for 24/7 crisis care.