Mental Health Support

There are fewer that rely on community volunteers these days. I understand their reasoning, but back in the 80s, those volunteers did the job. We didn't have caller ID in our office, either, so we couldn't pinpoint where the calls were coming from. Today, that's not so much of an issue. One of the things we tried to do was to get a location, so a mental health professional could be sent there if things looked dire. That wasn't always possible. When there were two volunteers on duty, we could sometimes work with the local authorities to trace a call and get a professional to the caller. Those situations were rare, though, and most of the time the volunteer managed to talk and listen the caller away from the edge and get the caller to call for help.

Thank you for doing that job. I hope that line gets set up for the returning vets. It's important.