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Mental-health providers urge Senate to restore 988 funding after House cut
Summary
Multiple behavioral-health providers told the Senate Finance Committee that cuts to the budget’s 988 appropriation would leave crisis lines and mobile crisis services underfunded as call volumes continue to rise.
Leaders of Ohio community behavioral-health providers told the Senate Finance Committee that 988 suicide-and-crisis lifeline services are experiencing rapidly rising demand and require restored funding in HB 96. Joseph Nijeweski of North Central Mental Health and Recovery reported call-volume growth and said his center expects to handle more than 40,000 calls in 2025; he said a monthly example showed calls rising from…
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