Are you willing to answer the call for help? Friends, family, and neighbors, in your community are experiencing alarming rates of anxiety, loneliness, suicidal ideation, depression, and substance use. The need for crisis line support never has been greater. Individuals can make a difference for themselves and their community by becoming a Fox Valley Crisis Line volunteer.
Applications are available for a required, 10-week training to become a crisis line volunteer by visiting www.aidcares.org/volunteer. Mandatory classes will begin Thursday, Sept. 21, and will be held Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the AID Aurora Behavioral Health Services location, 1230 N. Highland Avenue, Aurora, IL 60506. This training prepares individuals to volunteer on the Crisis Line and focuses on issues pertinent to crisis calls, such as: Crisis intervention, mental illness, suicide, domestic violence, sexual assault, alcohol/drug use, and community resources.
Applications will be accepted until September 8, or, until all available slots are filled. There is limited space available; volunteers who can commit to this 10-week training should sign-up as soon as possible.
Association for Individual Development (AID) provides meaningful programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities, mental health and crisis needs across Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, DuPage, Will, McHenry, and suburban Cook County communities. AID was founded in Aurora in 1961 as a grass-roots organization by parents of children with developmental disabilities. It has since grown to serve 5,700 children and adults in 2022, and services have expanded to include mental health, crisis and community outreach, affordable housing, victim services, and street outreach. Information about AID is available by visiting www.aidcares.org.
—Association for Individual Development