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Calls to Maryland's suicide and crisis hotline up since switch to 988 a year ago

The changing landscape of mental health services in Baltimore: diverting more police calls to suicide hotline

A 911 diversion pilot program reroutes certain calls to a hotline, instead of automatically sending Baltimore police officers to deal with people experiencing mental health crises.

Baltimore-area response teams to answer 988 calls for help

Baltimore-area officials are joining forces with organizations as regional response teams to facilitate the new 988 helpline.

Maryland legislation seeks to reduce police interaction in crisis situations, support call centers

Maryland lawmakers are sponsoring bills to divert more mental health crisis calls from law enforcement and help the state prepare for a national transition to the 988 crisis hotline.

Baltimore's new 911 call diversion program is reducing police response to calls of behavioral crisis, officials say