The suicide hotline in Texas, which can be reached by dialing 988, "provides free and confidential support for anyone experiencing mental health-related distress," the Texas Health and Human Services website says. This support line will connect the caller to a trained crisis counselor any time of the week, 24/7.

Thousands of Texans in need are abandoning the state’s suicide hotline mid-call every month as call centers struggle under a $7 million funding deficit and a growing suicide rate statewide.

Thousands of calls are being abandoned as Texas’s suicide hotline faces a $7 million funding deficit, according to a new report from The Texas Tribune. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Between January and August of last year, more than 20,000 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline callers in Texas hung up over delays as call centers struggled under a $7 million shortfall.Since launching in 2022,

Thousands of Texans in need are abandoning the state’s suicide hotline mid-call every month as call centers struggle under a $7 million funding deficit and a growing suicide rate statewide.