988 Partner Toolkit

These key messages are designed to cover the basics of 988 and provide a strong foundation from which partners can build for their audience-specific needs.

Preparing for full 988 implementation requires a bold vision for a crisis care system that provides direct, life-saving services to all in need. This leads to many questions about the transition to 988 and how 988 will work. We at SAMHSA welcome these questions. Question topic areas are:

• FAQs about 988
• FAQs about Federal/State Roles and Funding
• FAQs about the Lifeline

These 988 printable materials have been created for use by governments, states, territories, tribes, crisis centers, and partners to educate and outreach about 988. SAMHSA provides organizations an ability to order limited supplies from the SAMHSA store. If you need larger orders than we are able to send to you, you can use the printer-ready files to make your own. For those of you who need just a few copies of an item, you can print those using the simple PDF download.

SAMHSA expects print materials to be available for ordering in late July. We will regularly update the SAMHSA Store links when products arrive.

Bumper Sticker

This bumper sticker is intended for partner and public use to promote public awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Selfie-Board

This selfie-board is intended for use at public events to engage the audience and to leverage social media to promote public awareness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

• Downloadable (PDF | 1.9 MB)
• Printer-ready file (PDF | 2 MB)

Wallet Cards

The following business-sized wallet cards help publicize the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Wallet Card with Icons
(2 sided, 3.5 in x 2 in)

• Downloadable (PDF | 162 KB)
• Printer-ready file (PDF | 618 KB)
• Order from the SAMHSA Store

Magnets

The following magnets help publicize the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline phone number and provides access to this life-saving resource in places that are highly visible.

Square Magnet
(4.75 in x 4.75 in)

• Downloadable (PDF | 146 KB)
• Printer-ready file (PDF | 555 KB)
• Order from the SAMHSA Store

Stickers

These 2x2 inch stickers in English and Spanish help publicize the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Posters

These posters help publicize the new 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and provides access to this life-saving resource. They are designed to be placed in schools, community centers, counseling offices, clinics, and other settings where people gather.

Safety Plan

The Safety Plan is designed to be printed as a 5”x7” pad, similar to a prescription pad, with 50 sheets of pull off plans. The intended use is for counselors, therapists, clinicians, and others working with people in need of safety plans. It is modified from Stanley & Brown.

Notecards

Yard Sign

Printable PDF handouts in English and Spanish explain the basics about 988.

The social media messages describe the basics of 988 that apply across the U.S. These 988 shareables were designed for use as social media posts, stories and threads. You can use the videos as individual interactives on the social media platforms, or you can mash the videos together to create your own versions that make sense for your audiences.

These 988 operational guidance documents were created with a co-sponsorship group of partners across critical working sectors involved with 988. The playbooks are published by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors.

• 988 Convening Playbook: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Providers (PDF | 1 MB)
• 988 Convening Playbook: States, Territories, and Tribes (PDF | 1.2 MB)
• 988 Convening Playbook: Lifeline Contact Centers (PDF | 1.5 MB)
• 988 Convening Playbook: Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) (PDF | 1.5 MB)

When news articles, entertainment programming, or other media material includes content addressing suicide, mental health, or emotional distress, please use one of the end card options to share 988 crisis supports with readers and viewers, especially those who may need help or be in crisis.

These backgrounds are available for partners to use during virtual meetings. Partners can customize these by adding their own state, territory, tribal, and organization logos to the backgrounds as well.

988 Virtual Background in Light Blue (JPG | 40 KB)

988 Virtual Background in Gray (JPG | 38 KB)

988 Virtual Background in Navy (JPG | 41 KB)