CrisisLink
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| Motto | "When crisis calls, we answer." |
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| Purpose | Suicide prevention |
| Headquarters | Arlington, Virginia |
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| Services | 24-hour crisis intervention and suicide prevention hotline |
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Executive director
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Wendy Gradison, PRS Inc CEO |
| Website | prsinc |
CrisisLink is a non-profit 24-hour mental health and suicide-prevention hot line based in Arlington, Virginia.[2] Founded in 1969, CrisisLink fields more than 20,000 calls annually. The majority of calls to CrisisLink are fielded by trained volunteers. CrisisLink is part of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.[3]
CrisisLink was founded in 1969 out of a church basement. It initially fielded calls on teen drug and relationship problems. After the September 11 attacks, CrisisLink set up a center at Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington and fielded 6,000 calls about potential victims in 48 hours. In 2003, the hotline won the American Association of Suicidology’s National Crisis Center Excellence Award[4]
In June 2014, CrisisLink added a crisis texting program in Fairfax County, Virginia.[citation needed] Two texting lines were established, one for the greater community and another specifically for Fairfax County Public Schools.[citation needed] As of September 2014, both lines had generated well over 300 texting conversations.[citation needed]
In August 2014, CrisisLink announced its merger with Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, another Arlington-area mental health nonprofit.[5]
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