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August 11, 2006 6:30 PM EDT
As NAMI reported yesterday, the nation's largest suicide hotline, 1-800-SUICIDE, is scheduled to go out of service. But instead of this occurring on Saturday, August 12, as previously announced, the operator of this hotline has been given a two week extension. Negotiations are still in progress that may prevent the number from going out of service. However, NAMI is still urging the public to be aware that the alternative number for those in crisis is 1-800-273-TALK.

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Both NAMI and SAMHSA have links on their homepages regarding this matter. Their links point to this site: Suicide Prevention Lifeline

pdf version of press release from national suicide prevention lifeline

pdf version of samhas public statement

Personally we're still waiting to hear back from transit marketing dept. regarding signs and timeframe for updating all signs near crossings.

This isn't something that is minor or trivial. This saves lives. This is something that is there when nothing else or no one else can be.

Please make sure your community knows about these changes so that in an hour of need someone isn't getting "beep boop boop this number has been disconnected" when they're reaching out for possibly the last time.

thanks again for alerting this community to this change.

and just fyi: print out ready pdf format brochures, wallet cards in other languages, business contact cards, prints for magnets, etc.

edited to reflect two week reprieve of hotline change.....things are uncertain and info needs to be kept current!