SAMHSA 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and Crisis Services Program Evaluation
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
Approved with change
02/06/2026
08/12/2025
All items in this package are cleared except for the Client Experience Survey, which is not yet approved at this time. OMB will work with the agency to ensure that this survey meets the needs of the evaluation while minimizing burden and will approve at a later date.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
02/28/2029
36 Months From Approved
68,865
0
0
49,223
0
0
0
0
0
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and Crisis Services Program Evaluation assesses the implementation and expansion of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Continuum (BHCSC) in the United States (U.S.). The evaluation will provide SAMHSA, grantees, and other interested parties with information to strengthen the BHCSC for all people in crisis. The evaluation aims to understand the system response to behavioral health crises and outcomes of interventions delivered, with a focus on understanding how improving access to quality crisis services and supports. The multi-method, multi-study evaluation combines primary and existing data to answer questions related to the implementation of, and outcomes from, 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and BHCSC delivery, including the structure, composition, and collaboration patterns of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and BHCSC at the national, state, territory, and Tribal levels,
how agencies associated with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and BHCSC work together to provide behavioral health crisis services and the effect on broader use of crisis services like 911, the effectiveness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and BHCSC in linking individuals to services and the relationship between the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and BHCSC and short- and long-term behavioral outcomes,
the effectiveness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and BHCSC on immediate reductions in suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and overdose risk, the overall impact of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and BHCSC on suicide and overdose mortality and morbidity by comparing long-term trends in public health outcomes before and after the implementation of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and BHCSC.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
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(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
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(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
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