Idaho’s Suicide Prevention Hotline Expands Hours
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) – Idaho’s suicide prevention hotline is offering help around the clock for the first time to those who are in danger of ending their lives.
The Times-News reports that the Boise phone center is now taking calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The hotline launched in 2012, but it wasn’t open on weekends or late into the evening.
Executive Director John Reusser says a boost in donations has allowed the hotline to expand.
He added that it wasn’t unusual for the hotline to go without a single phone call when it first opened. However, today, the hotline receives 10 to 20 calls per day.
Idaho has the eighth highest suicide rate in the United States.