Crisis Text Line

As of April 1, 2018, Minnesota’s suicide prevention and mental health crisis texting services are now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People who text MN to 741741 will be connected to Crisis Text Line. Crisis Text Line handles 50,000 messages per month and over 20 million messages since 2013 from across the U.S., connecting people to local resources in their community. For callers who are the most in distress, average wait times for a response is only 39 seconds.

Video about how it helped one woman

Marketing materials
We have a range of materials below available to you to use electronically and to download. These materials may be resized but the content cannot be altered without the permission of DHS. For more information, contact us at dhs.cmhcrisis@state.mn.us.

Print ready postcards, posters and business cards
Banner ads for web
Resources
- Suggested Crisis Text Line story content (PDF)
- Suggested Tweets
Local suicide prevention coordination
Regional suicide prevention coordination for Crisis Text Line is available across Minnesota.

Coordination services:
- Support awareness of suicide prevention and how to access the statewide text message suicide response service
- Maintain local resources in the 211 national database for Crisis Text Line to access in order to help connect individuals with trained crisis counselors and access local resources
- Increase knowledge and awareness of the warning signs for suicide and of how to connect individuals in crisis with assistance and care
- Partner with local mental health facilities, medical providers, school counselors, juvenile justice, probation officers, and county providers to provide trainings, information and materials
- Promote timely access to high-quality culturally-appropriate services for persons at heightened risk for suicide
- Provide postvention training to communities.
The three regional coordinators are:
- Carlton County: Fact sheet (PDF) 30 Northern Counties including: Aitkin, Itasca, Koochiching, Becker, Beltrami, Carlton, Lake, St. Louis, Cook, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd, Wadena, Lake of the Woods, Hubbard, Clearwater, Pine, Polk, Norman, Mahnomen, Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake.
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Nation: 7 Tribal Nations including: Red Lake, White Earth, Leech Lake, Boise Forte, Grand Portage, Fond du Lac, Mille Lacs
- Canvas Health: Fact sheet (PDF) 57 Counties Including: Houston, Fillmore, Mower, Freeborn, Martin, Jackson, Faribault, Nobles, Rock, Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Dodge, Watonwan, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Brown, Olmsted, Winona, Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rice, Goodhue, Wabasha, Sibley, Yellow Medicine, Lac Qui Parle, Renville, Chippewa, McLeod, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Big Stone, Swift, Hennepin, Carver, Dakota, Scott, Washington, Ramsey, Anoka, Clay, Ottertail, Wilkin, Wright, Stearns, Benton, Sherburne, Grant, Douglas, Traverse, Stevens, Pope, and 4 Tribal Nations including: Lower Sioux, Upper Sioux, Prairie Island, Shakopee Mdewakanton
More information and how you can support suicide prevention services in Minnesota can be found at the DHS crisis website.