In 2020, Congress designated the new 988 dialing code to be operated through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline was established to improve access to immediate support to meet the behavioral health crisis needs in the United States. In July 2022, the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline went live, along with an influx of funding for implementation of 988 and mobile crisis services. While these developments provide welcome opportunities to increase access to care for people experiencing crises, existing crisis services systems often lack interventions for populations that might require more specialized crisis response, including children, youth, and people with intellectual, developmental, and neurocognitive disabilities.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation commissioned this study to identify innovative state approaches to providing crisis, stabilization, and recovery-oriented supports and services for children, youth, and people with disabilities through the integration and partnership of 988 crisis services systems with other systems beyond law enforcement and emergency medical services.
This research was conducted under contract #HHSP233201500035I between HHS/ASPE’s Office of Behavioral Health, Disability, and Aging Policy (BHDAP) and Mathematica. Additional research in this area is available at the ASPE Aging & Disability page, the ASPE Behavioral Health page, and the ASPE Children/Youth/Families page.
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