The closure of a national crisis lifeline service for LGBTQ youth on Thursday has mental health organizations worried about its impact on those who contact it in need of help, The Hill reported on Wednesday.

The specialized service within 988, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, will be shut down under orders from the Trump administration as part of its overall spending cuts and the closure of programs connected to diversity and inclusion.

“When the line goes silent, there are a lot of open questions that we’re trying to prepare for,” said Mark Henson, vice president of government affairs at The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization that responds to about half of the queries from LGBTQ young people to the lifeline.

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