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SAMHSA awards $936,000 in funding for the National Disaster Distress Helpline

SAMHSA awards $936,000 in funding for the National Disaster Distress Helpline

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Date: 9/18/2014 9:00 AM
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130

SAMHSA awards $936,000 in funding for the National Disaster Distress Helpline



The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is providing $936,000 in funding over the next year to sponsor the National Disaster Distress Helpline. The Helpline provides immediate counseling 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week to people who need crisis counseling after experiencing a natural or human-caused disaster or tragedy.
The toll-free and confidential Helpline immediately connects callers to trained and caring professionals from the closest crisis counseling center in the nationwide network of centers. The Helpline staff provides counseling, referrals and other needed support services. The Helpline provides multilingual services.
 
The Helpline can be accessed at (800) 985-5990 or http://disasterdistress.samhsa.gov/. It can also be contacted via text message at TalkWithUs to 66746 or by TTY for the deaf and hearing impaired.
 
"SAMHSA is proud to sponsor this national Helpline to provide immediate and crucial support for people experiencing a natural or human caused disaster when they may need it most," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde. "This service will alleviate the need for states or communities to develop their own helplines in a disaster, leaving them free to attend to the other response efforts necessary in a disaster or traumatic event."
 
SAMHSA’s funding of the Helpline will be provided through a cooperative agreement awarded to Link2Health Solutions, Inc. of New York, New York, which manages the program.
 
For more information on SAMHSA grants, visit: http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/.
 
For more information about SAMHSA in general visit: http://www.samhsa.gov.  

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