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Division highlights 'Hope for NC' disaster response line and new gambling research initiative
Summary
DMH DD SUS described the Hope for NC disaster response call line and community crisis counselor deployment (about 3,400 calls reported) and announced ECU's gambling research and policy initiative and the problem gambling resources at morethanagame.org.
During the webinar, Director Kelly Crosby highlighted two separate initiatives: the Hope for NC disaster response program and a new problem gambling research and policy center at East Carolina University.
Crosby said the Hope for NC call line—launched after Hurricane Helene—has handled "I think the count I saw today was about 3,400 calls so far," providing emotional support, referrals and brief crisis counseling. She said community crisis counselors have been deployed to events and distribution sites and that the division expects to have more than 100 crisis counselors in the field by early next year.
On problem gambling, Crosby announced that ECU has launched a gambling research and policy initiative (morethanagame.org) to study the drivers of gambling behavior and inform prevention and treatment policies after sports betting legalization in North Carolina.
The division also pointed participants to peer counseling resources for teens (referenced as somethings.com/northcarolina in the webinar) and said those services are meant to supplement, not replace, higher‑level clinical care when needed.
