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State 988 lead details South Carolina marketing, crisis continuum and school ID requirement
Summary
Jessica Barnes, state lead for 988 at the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, presented statewide marketing and crisis‑continuum efforts, including coordination of two call centers, mobile crisis response and crisis stabilization units and a student‑ID requirement for grades seven and up.
Jessica (Jesse) Barnes, state 988 lead at the South Carolina Department of Mental Health Office of Suicide Prevention, briefed the committee on statewide 988 outreach, how the two state call centers are coordinated, and the broader crisis continuum linking calls to mobile response and crisis stabilization units.
"I am the state lead for 9 8 8. So what that means is I help coordinate the 2 call centers," Barnes said, noting Charleston‑Dorchester Mental Health Center and a Greenville‑area center (named in the presentation) answer 988 calls routed for the state. She said the state has deliberately paced marketing since 988's…
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