Congress has provided the Department of Health and Human Services workforce funding through the American Rescue Plan, some of which will support the 988 workforce.
The President’s Fiscal Year 2022 budget request provides additional funding for the NSPL itself and for other federal crisis funding sources.
At the state level, in addition to existing public/private sector funding streams, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 allows states to enact new state telecommunications fees to support 988 operations.
E2SHB1477 is further funded by a tax on Washington’s phone and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) lines.