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Andy Beshear: “Since IT launched nearly four years ago, the 988 Lifeline…”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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Gov. Andy Beshear - Team Kentucky Update 05.14.26

Published | Video Starts at 27:38

But these schedule changes will help licensing staff transition to the new system while continuing to … Since IT launched nearly four years ago, the 988 Lifeline has fielded 265,000 calls, texts and chats from Kentuckians. … line entirely. We made a significant improvement in those wait times just last month. Average walk in times were just 14 minutes. That's down from 49 minutes at our worst. (27:38–27:52)

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Asserts that the 988 Lifeline has handled 265,000 communications from Kentuckians since its launch.

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