988 Virginia
In Virginia 988 is answered by two 988 Suicide and Crisis Life Line Vendors.
Hope Link
Vendor for Regions One, Two, Four and Five
Backup for Region Three
Frontier
Vendor for Region Three
Backup for Regions One, Two, Four, and Five
These 988 Suicide and Crisis Life Line vendors answer the 988 and Regional Local Lines and provide a risk assessment and referral to Mobile Crisis services.
Regional Lines:
Region One: 434-230-9704
Region Two: 703-527-4077
Region Three: 877-928-9062
Region Four: 804-223-5241
Region Five: 757-656-7755
988 in Region Five
In Region Five, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Life Line will complete a risk assessment to determine criteria for Mobile Crisis. If the recipient consents to the service, the case will come through the VCC (Virginia Crisis Connect) to the R5 Specialist dispatchers at WTCSB (Western Tidewater CSB).