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| Lewis County Community Crisis Response Team Launched to Support Residents Impacted by a Sudden Traumatic Loss 06/12/18 10:00am By: Nick Altmire |
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Team announced the launch of their project at a press conference this morning. According to the members, the 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 individuals, families, agencies, and businesses in Lewis County who have experienced a recent sudden and/or traumatic loss. Team Coordinator Crystal Collette and member Anna Platz give a full explanation of the team and their mission in the video below. Director of Community Services Patricia Fralick and Department of Social Services Commissioner Jennifer Jones also address the importance of the team. The team has been assembled and trained over the past year. The team will be on call seven days a week and can be reached by calling the switchboard at Lewis County General Hospital at 315-376-5200 and request the Community Crisis Response Team. Any member of the community, agency representative, police jurisdiction, fire department, hospital, school, faith-based organization or other organizations can call to invite a response by the team. A website, www.lewislivesmatter.com, also contains information on the response team. Some examples of sudden and/or traumatic loss the team can respond to are:
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