The Community Crisis Response Team is a collaborative effort of volunteers with a rich diversity of personal experience and professional skills, backgrounds and expertise available to provide supportive services to agencies, businesses and/or individuals in Lewis County who have experienced a recent suicide or sudden traumatic loss.
The Community Crisis Response Team firmly believes individuals are resilient and if offered support, interventions and/or information, most individuals affected by a traumatic loss can heal without formal counseling or interventions. By responding to a request for assistance, the Community Crisis Response Team seeks to reduce the often overwhelming feelings of helplessness, confusion, and heightened anxiety that is normal following a traumatic loss.
The team, once notified, will typically respond within 24-72 hours of the loss. Additional follow up beyond the initial response may also be provided depending on the circumstances. A response may happen in person, over the phone, electronically or through any combination. Every event is unique and will be treated as such.
The Community Crisis Response Team is on call seven days a week throughout the year. Any member of the community, agency representative, police jurisdiction, fire department, hospital, school, faith-based organization or other organization can call to invite a response by the team. The response begins with a discussion between the person requesting support and the Community Crisis Response Team Coordinator to determine the specific level of response.
Response activities may include the following:
The team will not be providing therapy or clinical interventions.
