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988 (sometimes written 9-8-8) is a telephone number used in some North American (NANP) countries for a suicide prevention helpline. In the United States, it is known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the number 1-800-273-8255). In Canada, it is known as the 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline.
Some are not accessible from pay phones. Calls from pay phones assess the toll-free owner an additional fee in the U.S., as mandated by the FCC. Although toll-free numbers are not accessible internationally, many phone services actually call through the U.S., and in this case the toll-free numbers become available.
The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups; e.g. 250-555-0199. [4] Using the format specified by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Recommendation E.164 for telephone numbers, a Canadian number is written as +1NPANXXXXXX, with no spaces, hyphens, or other characters; e.g. +12505550199.
A collect call service operates under 800 Reverse (operated by Reverse Corp Ltd), [12] in the Republic of Ireland. It offers reverse charge calls from any fixed line phone, pay phone and most mobile phones (even if the prepaid credit has run out), to most fixed land line and mobile phones in the Republic of Ireland. [13]
Major cell phone carriers have started to adopt a new technology that helps direct callers to the 988 suicide and crisis hotline to help centers based on their physical location rather than their ...
FCC rules require phone service providers to direct all 988 calls to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by July 16, but the lifeline's current number — 1-800-273-8255 — won't go ...
There's been lots of talk about 988, the new suicide hotline number, since it was rolled out this summer. Here's what you need to know. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail.
In Chile, the toll-free prefix is "800" followed by a six-digit number. These numbers are called número 800 (800 number). These numbers cannot be accessed from abroad. In Colombia, toll-free numbers start with "018000". In Croatia, the prefix for toll-free numbers is "0800". In the Czech Republic, the toll-free prefix is "800". [17]