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“I believe that by making the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline system more user-friendly and accessible, we can save thousands of lives by helping people find the help they need when they need it most.”

— Senator Orrin Hatch, 2018, on the passing of the National Suicide Prevention Hotline Act, which led to the creation of the three-digit 988 national hotline system for the United States. Senator Hatch, now retired, was the originator of the legislation and a life-long advocate of mental health initiatives.

"988 has an echo of the 911 number we all know as an emergency number. And we believe that this three-digit number dedicated for this purpose will help ease access to crisis services, it will reduce the stigma surrounding suicide and mental health conditions, and ultimately it will save lives,"

— Ajit Pai, Chairman, F.C.C.

“Three-digit access will meet the dramatically growing need for crisis intervention and help eliminate the stigma of mental health by normalizing help seeking for mental illness".

—From the FCC Report recommending creation of 988 suicide prevention hotline.

“The combination of the N11 number and the message that mental health crises and suicide prevention are of equivalent importance to medical emergencies would, over time, bring needed parity and could result in additional attention and resources to improve typical local psychiatric crisis services throughout the nation.”

—From the FCC Report recommending creation of 988 suicide prevention hotline.