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988 Calls Will Now Be Routed by Location Instead of Area Code

Calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will soon be routed to call centers based on the caller's geographic location -- a ...
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Efforts to route calls to 988 lifeline by location vs. area code

(WHTM) — It has been three months since the 988 Suicide and Crisis lifeline rolled out, centers are seeing a rise in call volume. However, those calls are dispatched by area code which means if ...
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Many 988 callers will now get help based on where they are, not their phone’s area code

Major cell phone carriers have started to adopt a new technology that helps direct callers to the 988 suicide and crisis hotline to help centers based on their physical location rather than their ...