Dialing 988 has helped hundreds of thousands of people when having thoughts about suicide or those having a mental health crisis.
VALDOSTA, Ga. - Help is only three numbers away. And for the past couple of months, several Georgians going through hard times have learned just that.
“988 has been a great rollout for an easy number that people can know when they’re in a crisis themselves, or know somebody that is really on the ledge,” Michael Smith, CEO of Greater Valdosta United Way, said. “Greater Valdosta United Way is really focused on our mental health initiative of creating that awareness. Because having the number is one thing, but then making sure people know it and can use it is key.
The majority of the top 20 counties in Georgia that reached out to the 988-Crisis Lifeline from October 2022 to December 2022 were rural counties in the southern part of the state.
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