Becerra: States Need To Take Responsibility For 9-8-8, Mental Health

By Dorothy Mills-Gregg / December 14, 2022 at 2:31 PM
While the Biden administration has invested millions in behavioral health programs and in states -- especially so they could prepare for the launch of the new three-digit suicide prevention hotline, 9-8-8 -- HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says the bulk of the solutions to the country’s mental health crisis is up to the states. “Everyone, always at the end of the day, turns to us, and, especially, when you have a president who says he wants to go so far [on...


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