What is 2-1-1?
'''2-1-1''' is a special [[telephone number]] in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. It was made to be easy to remember. Calling the number lets people get information quickly about health [[organization]]s. It can also be called in an [[emergency]]. ==History== [[New York Telephone]] (now part of [[Verizon]]) used the 2-1-1 number for many years. It was an automatic, meaning it worked by itself, number for phone numbers that were dialed wrongly. 2-1-1 was used this way from the [[1970s]] through the early [[2000s]]. The city of [[Atlanta]] started a new way of using 2-1-1 in [[1997]]. This new way of using it was similar to how it is used now. After Atlanta, many other cities and states started to use it as a special number to call in an emergency. [[5-1-1]] is also used for this. ==Other websites== *[[Canada]] **[http://www.211Canada.ca 211Canada.ca]{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} **[http://www.211.ca/ 211 Canada Information Weblog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315194209/http://211.ca/ |date=2008-03-15 }} **[http://www.211Halton.ca 211 Halton Region (Ontario, Canada)] **[http://www.211niagara.ca 211 Niagara Region (Ontario, Canada)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518054028/https://211niagara.ca/ |date=2021-05-18 }} **[http://www.211SimcoeCounty.ca 211 Simcoe County (Ontario, Canada)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127220717/http://www.211simcoecounty.ca/ |date=2019-01-27 }} **[http://www.211toronto.ca 211 Toronto (Ontario, Canada)] **[http://www.211calgary.ca 211 Calgary (Alberta, Canada)]{{Dead link|date=March 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} **[http://www.211windsoressex.ca/ Windsor and Essex County (Ontario, Canada)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727210949/http://211windsoressex.ca/ |date=2011-07-27 }} **[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2001/DT2001-475.htm CRTC Decision 2001-475 establishing use of 2-1-1 in Canada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.or