The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today released the following statement from Chief Advocacy Officer Hannah Wesolowski:

“NAMI is deeply grateful for today’s announcement that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is taking critical steps to revise its processes to ensure every caller to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline gets connected to the nearest call center. No matter where someone finds themselves in a crisis, they need to be connected to local resources and help. We applaud this much-needed step to better route 988 calls.

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NAMI Statement on FCC Action to Improve 988 Call Routing