The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is receiving more than $200,000 in new funding to improve the response for Tennesseans seeking help through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Tennessee is one of 12 states to receive the two-year capacity building grant funded by Vibrant Emotional Health. Calls to the Lifeline are answered by trained counselors at over 170 locally-funded and operated crisis centers that comprise the Lifeline network. In 2018, the Lifeline answered over 2.2 million calls from people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress across the United States. The number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255, or you can learn more at this link: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org