The New FCC Proposed 988 National Suicide Prevention Hotline Number

988 - The proposed new FCC hotline number coming soon

At the end of last year (2019), the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously approved a proposal to implement a new three-digit hotline number to serve as a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai formally proposed 988 to serve as the three-digit crisis hotline number.

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