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N.J. Suicide hotline

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched three years ago has expanded in New Jersey to offer mobile response teams and soon, stabilization centers that will allow people a place outside their home to recover from a bad episode. But the programs need money, as federal funding is phasing out.Canva stock image

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The national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline debuted in July 2022 with the promise of connecting people to a supportive voice and an opportunity for treatment — services that have remained in intense demand since the pandemic.

Nearly three years and 156,000 calls later, the 988 hotline initiative in New Jersey includes mobile crisis outreach teams available to visit a desperate caller’s home. Coming soon: the opening of stabilization centers that will provide a quiet, homelike setting staffed with mental health professionals to help de-escalate a crisis, according to state officials.

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