Action in Community Through Service of Prince William County has received a $20,000 grant from the Stafford Hospital Community Benefit Fund located in Fredericksburg. The grant period is Jan. 1, 2015 through Dec.31, 2015.
This grant supports staffing for the ACTS Helpline, which provides services directed toward crisis and suicide prevention. Helpline is a 24/7/365 telephone crisis hotline, which is certified for suicide intervention by the American Association of Suicidology. ACTS Helpline also provides Senior Link, a free call reassurance program providing scheduled phone calls to senior citizens or physically disadvantaged shut-ins.
As part of this grant, ACTS is required to:
- Provide a minimum of 1,000 reassurance calls per month to senior adults and physically disadvantaged shut-ins, as part of the ACTS Senior Link program.
- Participate in a minimum of 10 outreach activities that will reach a minimum of 150 individuals in northern Stafford and southeastern Prince William counties.
- Participate and/or support a minimum of six activities with Mental Health America of Fredericksburg, Mary Washington Hospice, and/or Marine Corps Base, Quantico.
