Building Resilience, Connections & Hope
Access and Assessment Line
Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)
Crisis Text Line
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
988
Linea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis
988
September Suicide Prevention Awareness Month 2026
Each September, Marin County recognizes Suicide Prevention Month. This year’s campaign theme, “Connection Saves Lives” focuses on the role each of us can play in creating connection in our homes, schools, workplaces, and community.
Throughout the month, a series of trainings and events are offered in English and Spanish that provide the essential tools and information to recognize warning signs, understand risk factors, and, most importantly, start conversations that create connection for someone who may be struggling. Play a role and stay connected.
Help and Hope: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Campaign
Instead of dialing 911, emergency calls can be placed to 988 for urgent help in a time of suicidal thinking/behavior, mental health, substance use crisis, or even witnessing another person experiencing a behavioral health challenge. Locally, staff with Buckelew Programs, based in Novato, operate the Suicide Crisis & Lifeline and receive 988 calls, and quickly evaluate the emergency, utilizing trained crisis counselors to provide an appropriate intervention. Urgent calls requiring an in-person mobile crisis response will be directed to clinical staff in the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) division.
Marin County BHRS recently released the Help and Hope 988 Campaign. Learn more about ways to promote help seeking through this grassroots campaign--and help save lives.