Crisis Contact
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219.938.0900 Local
(7 days a week)
1.800.519.0469 Indiana Statewide
(7 days a week)
1.800.273.TALK Nationwide
(24 hours/7 days a week)
In Northwest Indiana, calls made to this line after 11pm will be re-routed to the next available call center in the U.S |
Program Coordinator: Willie Perry
Program Established: 1971 (as Rap Line)
Program Motto: "Someone to talk to, someone to listen"
Program Description: Crisis Contact is a free crisis, listening, information and referral service which originally started in 1971 as the "Rap line."
Thousands of calls have been received from people dealing with relationship, family, loneliness, or just seeking information on what kind of help is available and how to reach it. Sometimes talking through a problem with a caring listener goes a long way to resolving it.
Program Eligibility: Any person seeking someone with whom to talk through a problem while remaining anonymous may call Crisis Contact free of charge.
National Associations:
CONTACT USA
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
AIRS
AAS
Lifeline International
Employment Opportunities: None at this time
(check back soon)
Volunteers Needed: YES. Free, complete training is required to volunteer. Training information is available by contacting Program Coordinator, Willie Perry
Please Don't Wait! |
We're waiting for your call
24 hrs a day
Toll-free
Confidential
Call
1-800-273-8255 |
"Don't wait...
Someone is here waiting to help. Call us just to talk or get information or referrals--not only for yourself but for a friend, classmate, loved-one, relative, neighbor.
-Willie Perry |
Program Coordinator Spotlight -
Willie P. Perry manages thousands of calls to our hotline each year and is dedicated to making sure callers get the support
and information they need.
Perry served at the Crisis Center during its inaugural year of 1971. |
Latest Events -
More Than Just Phones
Crisis Center Event Lifts Spirits For Needy
Gary - Gary Housing Authority’s Carolyn Mosley Senior High Rise was the scene of a special ‘day after Christmas Shopping Spree’ sponsored by the Crisis Center’s Reassurance Contact Program. The program provides a free phone checking service for senior citizens, homebound and disabled individuals. The idea to host a shopping spree came to light last year when the Reassurance Contact volunteers delivered Christmas baskets to several of their clients living in the facility.
Residents were provided with ‘contact bucks’ to purchase items that were stocked and hung in a makeshift department store of the center’s community room. The joy and delight on the faces of the residents who spent several hours shopping was surpassed only by the emotion many expressed when they were treated to a delicious meal after their enjoyable shopping spree.
Crisis Contact/Reassurance Contact Coordinator Willie Perry and Reassurance Contact Program Specialist Arlene Lyons along with some very wonderful volunteers served over 75 residents as well as several children who participated with their grandparents. Among the volunteers were 4 youth from the Crisis Center’s Alternative House. The youth served as sales merchants for residents who purchased food, household items, toiletries, and clothing.
Many of the residents stated that they were grateful that they received such a wonderful gift. One resident stated, “This is wonderful, no one ever thinks about us, but the Crisis Center let us know that we were not forgotten.”
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