Contact Care Line

Crisis services: assists adults and teens in dispair or distress in order to reduce the incidence of suicide. 34,022 crisis calls, chats and texts were answered in 2023. The crisis program answers calls, chats and texts 24 hours per day, 365 days a year.

Contact provides an intensive "how to actively listen" training program at least twice a year to the community. The training consists of twenty hours of instruction and practice covering topics such as grief, depression, sexual assault, domestic violence, suicide, and substance abuse.accounts for approximately 10% of program service expense.

The Contact trained volunteer telephone workers made daily phone calls to senior citizens, handicapped persons and those living alone to provide them with social Contact, reminders, and to check on their well-being. Emergency measures are taken if Contact is not made. Accounts for approximately 30% of program service expense