The Veterans Crisis Line is a free, confidential resource for veterans and Service members in crisis, as well as their family members and friends, and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Since its creation in 2007, the veterans Crisis Line has responded to nearly 2 million calls, more than 250,000 chats and 44,000 texts, has made more than 320,000 referrals, and initiated the dispatch of emergency services to callers in crisis over 53,000 times. For more on what the crisis line does, see this video.