Government Owned vs Privately Owned Hotlines |
Government Owned |
Privately Owned |
| Fewer people will call if they know the hotline is owned and controlled by the government |
More people are likely to call and trust a privately owned hotline that promises confidentiality. |
| The government sends rescue in the form of police. |
KBHC advocates the use of our www.pern.us which connects the crisis center to trained emergency psychiatric rescue teams. |
| The government has no transparency or proof that they are not storing or compiling data on callers. |
KBHC’s Board of Directors has adopted a policy that mandates purging of our data on a monthly basis. |
| The Government cannot assure funding past the current fiscal year or current administration. |
KBHC created and built the Hopeline Network and remains dedicated to support the line as its primary mission. |
| The government does not disclose to the public that it owns and controls the suicide hotline. The real decision makers are not known or available to the public. |
KBHC discloses it Board of Directors who are the decision makers in all matters concerning the Hopeline Network. |
| The government does not have Congressional Authority to own and or operate a suicide hotline. |
KBHC’s entire incorporated mission legally binds it to the work of connecting people in crisis to community-based crisis centers. |
| The government typically runs programs in a slow and unresponsive bureaucratic manner. |
KBHC is lean and responsive and takes immediate action to fix problems and move to meet the needs of the callers and the network. |
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