September is Suicide Prevention Month, and a North Texas organization said it wants to make sure people in crisis know they are available 24\/7 to reach out to.<\/p>\n
The Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas <\/a>is a crisis intervention hotline that’s available 24\/7.<\/p>\n They have trained counselors and volunteers available day and night to respond to calls. They said last year they received about 1,500. They also provide group sessions.<\/p>\n The organization, which has been around since 1968, has a new executive director, Lavida Davison. She lost her nephew to suicide two years ago and has since dedicated her time to help others and their families. <\/p>\n “They didn’t realize that, hey, we do have a local hotline that we can call. We do have local place where I can go to get the support that I need. My goal is to see that even expand and grow larger. Right now we have the support group. I’m looking doing a support group for the kids. If you lose your sibling or something like that, we got to reach all age groups. It just can’t be a specific group because, believe it or not, this is hitting everyone, regardless of our race, regardless of our financial stability, it’s hitting us all,” said Davison. <\/p>\n The Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas said it’s one of 80 centers nationwide to have an American Association of Suicidology Certification<\/a>.<\/p>\n The non-profit is participating in North Te<\/a>x<\/a>as Giving Day,<\/a> a large fundraiser for thousands of non-profits. Davison said the donations from North Texas Giving Day is one of their main sources of revenue to provide resources.<\/p>\n