Colorado could shift crisis line to Arizona company [Video]

That company, Solari Crisis and Human Services, is based in Arizona.

988 is currently operated by Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners, which is now preparing to lay off an estimated 330 workers.

That includes Erik Jacobsen, a community program liaison for the non-profit.

“That funding is the backbone of our organization, and in all likelihood will lead to 330 Coloradans and their families losing their job,” he said.

Jacobsen said Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners handles around 35,000 calls a month, and said it’s beneficial to have people locally answering those calls.

“We do get calls where we are literally the only thing between them and ending their life. I’ve taken calls where there’s a loaded firearm on your lap, I’ve taken calls where there’s pills in your hand, where you’re on the balcony on Colfax,” …