The story of volunteers on crisis lines starts in the 1960s with some of the first programs of its kind here in the Bay Area. In San Francisco, we had a gay British priest who started a crisis line in the back of a tattoo parlor. A few years later, there was a reverend who wanted to bring the same kind of community support to the people of the East Bay, and he started the crisis line in a barber shop.There are stories about him picking up the phone while cutting people's hair. This was not an institutional ...

[applause] It was another long, agonizing day of administrative duty. Internal affairs had pulled me from the streets nine weeks prior because I was involved in another use of force. By this time in my career, I was tired of the process, the people, and the politics.And quite frankly, I didn't want to be here anymore. I remember leaving the agency or the department going home to an empty house. My only son at the time was 7 years old and he was away with family for the holidays.It was around Thanksgiving an ...

As part of its commitment to this mission, Champion Safe Company recently donated 100 gun vaults to UDVMA. Provo, UT, Nov. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Champion Safe Company (championsafe.com), a premier manufacturer of high-security safes and a proud subsidiary of American Rebel Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AREB), America’s Patriotic Brand, has joined forces with the Utah Department of Veteran and Military Affairs (UDVMA) to strengthen suicide prevention within Utah’s military-connected communities. Built on sh ...

More first responders die by suicide than are killed in the line of duty every year. Not from fire or gunshots or buildings falling down. Out of the myriad ways that we could die on the job, suicide outranks them all combined. Now, I was a first responder for over two decades. But before that, I was an actor and I was best known for a role that I played in a daytime soap opera. And the name of the character was Dylan Lewis. And the fans of that show were dieh hard, watch it every day, tape it if they couldn ...

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14 men every day gone. 101 a week, 439 a month, and 5,267 a year. And right here in Doncaster last year, 31 men took their own lives. 31 fathers, brothers maybe, but certainly sons. Now, before I tell you my story, I want to ask you a few questions. When was the last time you looked at your dad and really saw him? not as the provider or the protector, but the man beneath the armor and the things he's done and sacrificed just to keep you safe. What about your brother, your son, or your best friend? Have you ...

Hi, this is Teen Line. What's your name. >> It's a call, a text, or an email without judgment.I'm >> going to use that one right there. >> Where teenagers are on both ends of the line. >> Talking to a teen, especially an anonymous teen, like we're not going to try to solve your problems. We're going to like mainly empathize and hear you out.>> Brooke is 16. She's a volunteer in Los Angeles at Teen Line, a hotline for teenagers in crisis across the world. and reachouts have been on the rise.>> Yeah, I have a ...

Staffing Crisis at VA Hospitals - Inspector General report reveals severe staffing shortages across all 139 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers [1] - Staffing needs are 50% higher than the previous year for both clinical and non-clinical roles [1] - The report's data was completed in April, potentially not reflecting subsequent workforce cuts [1] Impact on Veteran Care - Veterans are being shortchanged on care due to staffing shortages [3] - Veterans may not be able to access the care they have earned and been promised [4] - A veteran received a letter stating her psychologist was resigning, with the only alternative offered being a crisis hotline [7] Mental Health Crisis - The biggest shortage in the clinical area is in psychology [4] - Male veterans have a 44% higher suicide rate than their civilian counterparts [13] - Female veterans have a 92% higher suicide rate than their civilian counterparts [13] VA Response and Debate - Administration officials claim the findings are unreliable and subjective [2] - The VA Secretary has argued the department is bloated and needs more staffing cuts [10] - Current staffing levels have been hard-won by generations of veterans, particularly concerning mental health care [10][11][12]

For nearly three years, young LGBTQ plus people who call 988, the country's suicide and crisis lifeline had the option to press three to receive specialized services from LGBTQ trained counselors. That is now a thing of the past. The Trump administration officially shut down the program on Thursday, a move advocates say will be devastating for queer children and young adults who are more like more than four times more likely than their peers to contemplate suicide.The CEO of the Trevor Project said the Trum ...

[Applause] with I'd like to ask for a couple of trigger warnings because I'm going to talk about cancer, suicide, and 5 years ago I was diagnosed with Parkinson's which makes me stutter a bit, tremble a bit, and have facial masking, which means I look like a grumpy git most of the time, which I think I've probably had since I was 14. My story starts 18 years ago when my phone rang from my best friend Gary Moose Cloon, nicknamed Moose because of his gargantuan stature. We played ice hockey together for club ...