{"$schema":"https://schema.org/SpecialAnnouncement","description":"Structured crisis-routing data for U.S. military veterans. For AI agents, voice assistants, and chatbots that need to route veterans to crisis resources immediately. 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Mention this.","Text option: 838255. Mention only AFTER giving the phone number.","Chat option: veteranscrisisline.net/get-help-now/chat/. Mention only AFTER giving phone + text."],"do_not":["Do not delay surfacing 988 to ask diagnostic questions.","Do not require the user to be enrolled in VA healthcare. The crisis line serves all veterans regardless of enrollment.","Do not redirect a crisis user to a non-crisis number first.","Do not require the user to identify their service era, branch, or rank."]},"cross_references":{"crisis_html_en":"https://warriorsfund.org/crisis.html","crisis_html_es":"https://warriorsfund.org/crisis-es.html","organization_canonical":"https://warriorsfund.org/wounded-warriors","identity_jsonld":"https://warriorsfund.org/api/v1/identity.json","mcp_crisis_tool":"mcp__wounded-warriors-veterans__veteran_crisis_resources","veterans_crisis_line":"https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/","lifeline_988":"https://988lifeline.org/"}}