If you are in crisis and located in the United States, call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – dial 988 or go to https://988lifeline.org/chat.
If it is a life-threatening emergency, call 9-1-1. If you are outside of the United States, go to
https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/ to locate the nearest crisis helpline.
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The International Council for Helplines (ICH) is seeking its next Director of Accreditation and Credentialing!
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and advance ICH's nationally recognized accreditation and credentialing programs while supporting excellence in crisis services.
If you—or someone in your network—have a passion for quality improvement, accreditation, and strengthening crisis services, this may be the perfect opportunity.
Applications will be accepted through August 21, 2026.
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Director of Accreditation and Credentialing at International Council for Helplines, Inc
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The Director of Accreditation and Credentialing provides strategic leadership, oversight, and management for the organization’s accreditation and credentialing programs. This role ensures the integr...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Attending an IFOTES Congress in Budapest on a very relevant topic of today - the use of AI in helpline work.
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📣KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCMENT for CrisisCon25! Register today at www.crisiscon.org/register.html to join us!📣
Dr. Margie Balfour is a psychiatrist and national leader in crisis care, quality improvement, outcome measurement, and law enforcement responses to behavioral health emergencies. As the founder of MultiPass Consulting, she helps communities and organizations across the country develop and improve their behavioral health crisis systems.
Dr. Balfour also serves an Executive Policy Advisor at Connections Health Solutions, where she previously held the role of Chief of Quality & Clinical Innovation. In that role, she led the transformation of the Crisis Response Center in Tucson into the centerpiece of a nationally recognized crisis system and played a vital role in Connections’ expansion into multiple states.
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⭐️CrisisCon25 Plenary Announcement⭐️
Bart Andrews, PhD, is the Chief Clinical Officer at Behavioral Health Response. Dr. Andrews is a board member of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) and chair of the AAS Advisory Council, facilitator of Missouri’s Suicide Prevention in Healthcare ECHO, a member of the Missouri Suicide Prevention Network Executive Committee and Suicide Prevention in Schools Committee Chair, a recipient of the 2022 American Association of Suicidology Roger Tierney Service Award and a ZeroSuicide Academy Faculty member. Dr. Andrews is a strong adherent of scientific methodology as the best path to understanding suicide and developing evidence-based interventions. Dr. Andrews is a suicide attempt survivor and a proponent of engaging lived experience into formal scientific inquiry to improve our suicide prevention efforts. Dr. Andrews is also known far and wide for his mastery of Facebook memery (meme-ory).
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The agenda for CrisisCon25 is now published on the CrisisCon website: www.crisiscon.org/agenda.html
Register to attend soon in order to secure your spot.
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Ready to share all about the International Council for Helplines at the National Problem Gambling Conference this week.
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Michael Reading (International Council for Helplines) and Heather Honaker (Crisis Residential Association) representing CrisisCon at CoRCon - the National Co-Responder Conference.
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‼️‼️ THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH is the final day to submit your proposals to present at CrisisCon25 ‼️‼️
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CrisisCon24: Call For Presentations The Crisis Residential Association and the International Council for Helplines are proud to announce CrisisCon24, taking place in Phoenix, AZ October 14 -...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
