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Suicide hotline celebrates five years, launches
Crisis Chat |
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November 28, 2017 |
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The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline (ISPH)
celebrates five years of continuous operations
this week. ISPH launched on November 26, 2012,
and has grown steadily ever since, adding shifts
to achieve 24/7 phone response in 2014.
ISPH implemented a combined voice and crisis
text line, (208) 398-4357 (HELP) in 2016, and
will now respond to crisis chats via a web
portal,
www.idahosucideprevention.org/chat. Outside
Boise, help is available toll-free at
1-800-273-8255.
Crisis chat response hours will be the same as
current crisis text response hours: 3 p.m. to
midnight Monday through Friday, with expanded
hours as staffing levels permit.
“We are so grateful for the tremendous support
and commitment from our community partners,
volunteers and staff, allowing ISPH to serve the
needs of more Idahoans every year," said hotline
Director John Reusser. "We’ve fielded nearly
8,500 crisis contacts this year alone, up from
999 in our first year, and volunteers have
contributed over one million dollars' worth of
their time staffing the lines since ISPH
launched in November 2012.” |
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