Detroit nonprofit, Caleb’s Kids, partnered with Amazon to put on a holiday event for families who lost a parent to suicide.

Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies will soon be easy as 9-8-8. Starting Saturday, the new three-digit crisis hotline will launch across the United States, routing callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will be shifting to its new three-digit dialing code across the United States starting this Saturday, July 16.

Your mental health is an important part of your overall health. It includes your emotional, psychological and social well-being.

This Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, several local organizations are joining efforts to host the 2021 Reach for Hope benefit to raise money for suicide prevention training in Detroit.

When a celebrity dies, or when the topic of suicide is in the news headlines, it’s common to see the phone number for the national suicide hotline flashed on TV or included in online articles. But what happens when you make the call?

Nine organizations across Michigan will share $650,000 for suicide prevention programs.

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan public schools will be required to put a suicide prevention hotline number on student identification cards, under a law signed by Gov. Schools will be required to provide a suicide hotline number that is accessible at all times. The bill also requires the state health department to provide information about mental health and suicide if schools request it. “Printing the number for a 24/7 hotline directly on student identification cards means the information is always close at hand and available. Wisconsin took matters a step further, requiring all public schools and universities to have suicide hotline numbers printed on student ID cards.

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) received funding to address suicide in adult men. The funding is worth $4.35 million and will be used over the next five years. More than 48,000 people died by suicide in the United States in 2018, according to the CDC. READ: Suicide prevention support and mental health resources available in USOfficials said two-thirds of suicide deaths in Michigan are adult men. The funding will go toward the MDHHS program Preventing Suicide in Michigan Men (PRiSSM) and will work to reduce the number of deaths and attempts among men ages 25 and older.