Link2Health Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MHA-NYC, is a leading innovator developing technology and communications infrastructure critical for supporting the emotional well-being of individuals and communities in need. Through its service networks and agency partnerships, Link2Health Solutions provides high-quality, scalable programs that reach over 500,000 people nationally every year.

Link2Health Solutions administers large scale suicide prevention programs through agreements with the federal government's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Veterans Administration. These include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline and innovative online resources such as the Veterans Chat.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK, is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. By dialing 1-800-273-TALK (8255), the call is routed to the nearest crisis center in Lifeline's national network of more than 130 centers. Over one million callers have received immediate crisis counseling and mental health referrals. Lifeline is administered by Link2Health Solutions and is federally-funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

For more information about Lifeline: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline.
The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) established a national suicide prevention hotline to ensure veterans in emotional crisis have free, 24/7 access to trained counselors. In 2007, the VA contracted Link2Health Solutions to operate the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline. Veterans can call the Lifeline number, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), and press "1" to be routed to the Veterans Hotline.

For more information on the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/Veterans

Veterans Chat
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline recently launched an online chat service for veterans in emotional distress available at: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/Veterans. Veterans are encouraged to chat online anonymously with a counselor available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Veterans Chat enables Veterans, their families and friends to go online where they can anonymously chat with a trained VA counselor. If the chats are determined to be a crisis, the counselor can take immediate steps to transfer the chatter to the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline, where further counseling and referral services are provided and crisis intervention steps can be taken.

Lifeline Gallery: Stories of Hope and Recovery uses speaking avatar products to enable suicide loss survivors, attempt survivors, and suicide prevention supporters to share their stories of hope and recovery. The compilation of stories illustrates the many ways in which suicide affects others and offers comfort to those who may be suffering alone. The goal for the Lifeline Gallery is to raise awareness about the effects of suicide, reduce stigma, connect people to emotional support and offer help.

Dr. Phil created an avatar for the Lifeline Gallery which encourages people in suicidal crisis and emotional distress to call the 1-800-273-TALK.

For more information: www.lifelinegallery.org

Launched in 2008, At-Risk is an interactive, online training program that teaches faculty how to identify, approach, and refer at-risk students to counseling services. In this 45-minute simulation, trainees assume the role of faculty members in a fictional university where they analyze students' profiles to identify those who could possibly pose a danger to themselves or others.

City University of New York (CUNY) is the first to have enrolled 7000 faculty. At-Risk was developed in partnership with Kognito Interactive.

For more information: http://www.kognito.com/website/?#/products/1/