ACTS Received Funds for Suicide Helpline

From Action in Community Through Service:

Suicide is not painless … it impacts individuals and communities. One of the goals of ACTS Helpline is to help create a suicide safer community by responding to individuals in crisis, providing prevention and intervention training, and reaching out to those whose lives have been impacted by suicide.

Helpline recognizes the importance of responding to families and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide. For the past 19 years Helpline has offered Surviving After Suicide (SAS), a support group that offers a safe, non-judgmental, environment to those individuals bereaved by suicide.

The Stafford Hospital Board of Trustees has approved a Stafford Hospital Community Service grant for $20,000 to Action in Community Through Service (ACTS) Helpline Assistance and Outreach Project. The ACTS Helpline is a 24/7 service for crisis and suicide prevention. ACTS’ service area for the Helpline includes Prince William and Stafford counties.

The funds will provide support for the Helpline to answer over 15,000 calls in 2012, establish a Survivor Support Team, expand the community education program and provide a daily phone check-in program for elderly, disabled and homebound individuals. 

The phone number for the 24/7 Helpline is 703-368-4141. We hope you never need to call but if you do we will be there.