Once abandoned, these youth can face time in shelters or eventually age out of foster care, advocates and providers say.

A nonprofit organization is sending trained mental health providers to children and youth to assist them through crises.

If you or a loved one is struggling with a mental health crisis, especially in the wake of the multiple wildfires across ...

The Texas branch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is grappling with a $7 million funding shortfall that threatens its ability to handle a growing number of mental health emergencies.

The 988 number — a federally mandated, state-run service that connects callers to crisis counselors — fills an essential niche in the behavioral health care system because it gives catered ...

A sign for 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline number, is posted at a North Austin parking lot on Jan. 3, 2025. (Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune, Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune ...