Comment on We need a 4th emergency service for people in crisis to just evac them from bad situations, almost like the witness protection.

• jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  988 anywhere in the USA

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  • DreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    988 is a phenomenal, life-saving service, but unfortunately they don't help you get in touch with services to get out of dangerous situations.

    There is the National Domestic Violence hotline, but they're A) run by a private organization, and B) literally hang up on you unless you're experienceing "intimate partner violence", because apparently all other forms of domestic violence don't count! (Ask me how I know that, lmaooooo)

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    • jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure, I’m not talking about OP’s post, but about the crisis services. 988 can get you in touch with local services, but mostly therapy.

      That’s interesting about the domestic violence hotline.

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  • FizzlePopBerryTwist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I am no longer one of the 86% of Americans who never heard of this

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    • jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pretty new. Only existed for like a year now

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• Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Biggest problem is that you’d need the services everywhere for a 3-digit number to make sense.

  Now if there was a 3-digit number that’d connect you to all the misc government services in your area, that’d be another thing.

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  • paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In some cities 211 goes pretty far, but I don’t know how responsive they are.

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