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Resident urges local adoption of 741741 crisis text line, warns of gaps after recent 988 changes
Summary
A Brookings resident told the council the region has a high suicide rate and urged local agencies and schools to promote the 741741 crisis text line after changes to 988 services; he cited local suicide counts and demographic patterns in texter data.
Gordon Clay, a Brookings resident, urged the city council on Sept. 22 to promote the 741741 crisis text line for people in crisis and raised concerns about changes to 988 services that he said reduced targeted options for LGBTQ callers.
“For suicide prevention month… last year we had 11 suicides which put us fifth in the state on suicides for 100,000 people,” Clay told the council. “So far this year we’ve had 5 through July… it looks like we’re on the same trajectory.”
Clay said that until…
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