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Crisis Text Line Crisis Text Line Crisis Text Line is a global not-for-profit organization providing free crisis intervention via SMS message. The organization's services are available 24 hours a day every day, throughout the US by texting 741741 or Canada by texting 686868. As of October 26, 2018, Crisis Text Line has processed 86 million text messages. The text line is notable among hotlines for its triage system, in which conversations are assessed by an algorithm for severity and queued accordingly. Crisis Text Line was conceptualized as a result of Do Something's mobile interactions with its members. Do Something CEO Nancy Lublin states