Terrell Williams is a resident of Middletown.
Delaware’s social safety net is under siege — not just from federal indifference but from negligence within our own state government. The Meyer administration has failed to uphold its responsibility to support lifesaving mental health infrastructure. As a result, Delaware’s 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — our front-line defense against suicide and psychological emergencies — remains chronically understaffed. Calls go unanswered, and overtime wages remain unpaid.
This inaction is not due to a lack of funding. Delaware’s 988 hotline is supported by a dedicated monetary source — a surcharge on every resident’s cellphone bill — specifically established to maintain and staff this critical service. Yet, despite this earmarked funding, bureaucratic red tape and administrative penny-pinching have left the Crisis Intervention Services unit in New Castle County operating at dangerously low capacity…