US EditionHouse Democrats: Funding cuts to LGBTQ suicide hotline will have ‘lethal consequences’
- More than 100 House Democrats urged Health and Human Services to reject cuts to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention services within the 988 Lifeline on May 7, 2025.
- These calls followed the Trump administration’s budget plan that proposed eliminating specialized crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth, raising concerns over worsening mental health outcomes.
- Established by federal legislation during the Trump administration and operational since July 2022, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline receives approximately 2,100 daily contacts from LGBTQ+ youth, who face a suicide risk four times greater than that of their peers.
- Jaymes Black of The Trevor Project stated, "The crisis system is going to save lives" and advocates say the 40-cent phone fee supports sustainable funding for these vital services.
- Without continued funding, experts warn the cuts could endanger lives and undermine best practices in suicide prevention for some of the nation’s most vulnerable young people.
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Gloucester Daily TimesLawmakers rip cuts to suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth
BOSTON — House Democrats are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to spare a crisis service for LGBTQ youth from federal funding cuts, saying the move would have "lethal consequences" for teens in crisis.
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