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Tammy Baldwin: “As that was stood up two years ago, we now have a lot more…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Season 3 Episode 9 The Blue Corner Tammy Baldwin

Published | Video Starts at 05:04

There's always been one, but it used to be a ten digit number that nobody knew. Right. And now we make people aware that help is just a call or a text away. As that was stood up two years ago, we now have a lot more people reaching out for help. But we have to send resources behind that because it's one thing to have your call answered and sort of walk through the crisis, but there also needs to be community referrals you can make afterwards to continue the support. (05:04–05:11)

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Asserts that the 988 hotline was established two years ago and now has more people reaching out for help.

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