Kids Help Phone launches national text service
Hundreds of kids in Saskatchewan reached out to Kids Help Phone by text during a pilot program launched shortly after the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy last April.
The original plan was to test the text-in counselling service in Manitoba.
“Within hours of that (the Broncos crash) occurring we decided that we needed to get out with a message that Kids Help Phone was available to any young person experiencing challenges,” Vice President of Service Innovation Alisa Simon told 650 CKOM. “About 700 have used the service in the last few months.”
Now the pilot has developed into a national program.