national suicide prevention hotline

This change is so people don't dial '988', the new crisis hotline for those who need mental health services.

All phone providers will have to make the change by July 16, 2022.

One of the biggest Netflix original series at the moment is 13 Reasons Why. With Selena Gomez as an executive producer, the show follows a high school teenager trying to figure out why his classmate killed herself.  The 13 cassette tapes she recorded before her death are the "reasons why" she committed suicide...

In the wake of events like the one this morning in downtown Grand Rapids, people find themselves talking more and more openly about things like suicide. And, this time of year, for whatever reason, seems to be a time when this subject comes to life. If you, or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts or feelings, there are people out there to talk to, and that want to help.