Arizona Crisis Team

Photos of Cactus in a desert, text/logos for The Marilyn Lichtman Foundation www.MarilynLichtmanFoundation.org, ACT Arizona Crisis Team

We were happy to once again fulfill a Grant request for Arizona Crisis Team.  ACT’s volunteer advocates provide emotional, practical and resource assistance to citizens who have been impacted by any type of crisis 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  They respond on-scene when notified by emergency agencies to traumatic incidents such as sexual assault, homicide, robberies, natural or accidental death, suicide or attempted suicide, drowning, domestic violence, house fire, loss of loved ones and serious injury accidents. In 2021, approximately 50 ACT volunteers served almost 1300 clients in Yavapai County. They responded to more than 650 calls, 70% of which involved a death. Average response time was 30 minutes, with calls lasting an average of about 2 hours.