WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - After more than a year of pressure from U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), 988's specialized "Press 3" services for LGBTQ youth resumed today. This news comes after the Trump Administration abruptly canceled "Press 3" over a year ago and has since dragged their feet on following Senator Baldwin's bipartisan law that mandated a return of these services. For more than 14 months, the Trump Administration withheld specialized services for a population that is more than four times as likely to attempt suicide than their peers.
"Suicide and mental health struggles touch every community across our state, and that's why creating the 988 crisis lifeli...