CRISIS LINE (425-4355) is a 24-hour telephone intervention and referral service for residents living within the Evansville toll-free calling area.  Crisis Line is also the after-hours number for the ARK Crisis Nursery and the Vanderburgh County School Corporation’s ‘Parent Hot Line’.  

Trained volunteers’ respond to crisis calls with back-up support provided by a staff program coordinator.  Crisis Line is funded by the United Way of Southwestern Indiana and has been in continual operation since 1973.

PROCESS & OUTCOME MEASURES:

• Maintain sufficient trained VOLUNTEERS for 24-hr coverage.
• Conduct one volunteer TRAINING meeting per year.
• Provide one volunteer RECOGNITION event per year.
• Measure service effect on SUICIDE CALLS, and
• Provide ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE showing service impact

For more information, contact Cathy Scott at 423-5816 or email (cscott@youthservicebureau.net)

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