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The secondary outcome was the percentage of each state\u2019s total annual budget allocated for suicide prevention and crisis services.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Across 306 enacted state budgets, the mean (SD) annual per capita budget amount explicitly allocated for suicide prevention and crisis services was $3.63 ($8.23) and the mean (SD) annual percentage of the total state budget allocated was 0.054% (0.111%). Annual mean state per capita funding for suicide prevention and crisis services increased significantly during the study period (eg, state mean [SD] budget, $1.05 [$2.04] in 2021 vs $6.55 [$12.76] per capita in 2025;\n B<\/jats:italic>\n [SE]: $0.96 [$0.31]; 95% CI, $0.34-$1.57;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.003), as did annual percentage budget allocations (\n B<\/jats:italic>\n [SE]: 0.010 [0.004] percentage points; 95% CI, 0.004-0.021 percentage points;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.005). Unadjusted mean (SD) state-level per capita allocations for suicide prevention and crisis services were highest among states in the Western Census region ($7.19 [$14.52]) and lowest among states in Southern ($2.12 [$3.56]) and Midwestern ($2.07 [$3.12]) regions. There was no significant association between state suicide death rate quartile and state per capita or percentage budget allocations for suicide prevention and crisis services. The mean (SD) state-level per capita allocation for suicide prevention and crisis services was more than twice as large in states that had enacted a 988 telecom fee in the prior year or earlier than in states that had not ($7.73 [$5.32] vs $3.13 [$8.38];\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.003).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n This repeated cross-sectional state-year panel study found that funding explicitly allocated for suicide prevention and crisis services in state budgets has increased over time, but was larger in states that have enacted a 988 telecom fee. 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