Iowa City Crisis Service Line Plans Layoffs as Government Halts 988 Support for LGBTQ+ Youth
UNITED STATES, JUL 7 – The federal funding cut ends a dedicated LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline that handled 1.5 million contacts since 2022, prompting states like California to expand local mental health support.
- On June 18, 2025, the Trump administration directed the national 988 suicide and crisis lifeline to eliminate the LGBTQ+ youth 'Press 3' option, effective July 17.
- In June 2025, SAMHSA announced it would no longer silo LGBTQ+ youth services, cutting roughly $33 million and issuing stop-work orders to seven centers on June 17.
- Following the funding cut, Washington's VOAWW met with Rep. Rick Larsen, while California's governor pledged support for LGBTQ+ youth services.
- The Biden administration has not yet announced a formal plan to restore the LGBTQ+ specific support on 988, leaving advocacy groups calling for urgent action amid ongoing service gaps.
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Log Cabin Republicans — and others who continue to support the Trump administration — were warned that its policies would bring real harm to our community. That warning has now come true: The Trump administration has cut funding for LGBTQ+ suicide hotlines, effective July 17. This isn’t hyperbole, anti-Trump rhetoric or “fake news.” Even Fox News reported it: “The Trump administration announced on June 18 that it has directed the national suicid…


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