CRISIS INTERVENTION OF HOUSTON MILESTONES

• 1970 Houston's Crisis Hotline takes first call
  
• 1978 Certified as a suicide prevention center by American Association of Suicidology
  
• 1979 Crisis Intervention of Houston incorporated
  
• 1980 Became a United Way Agency
  
• 1983 Survivors of Suicide support group founded
  
• 1984 Expansion to Bay Area through merger with Bay Area Helpline
  
• 1991 Added TeenLine and Spanish Hotline
  
• 1999 Added TeenLink, an Internet chat service dedicated to protecting teens' anonymity
  
• 2003 CIH staff certified in Critical Incident Stress Management and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills
  
• 2005 CIH "Answered the Call" for more than 93,000 people during hurricanes Katrina and Rita
  
• 2008 Survivors of Suicide support group expands from one to three locations
  
• 2009 Crisis Intervention of Houston, Inc. began its first government-funded program, Houston Job Hotline
  
• 2009 Added TeenText program; getting help is now as easy as texting a friend
  
• 2010 Crisis Intervention of Houston, Inc. celebrates 40 years of "Answering the Call" to the Greater Houston and Bay Areas
  
• 2010 Crisis Intervention of Houston, Inc. expands disaster response programs to include the Oil Spill Distress Helpline
  
• 2010 Crisis Intervention of Houston, Inc. becomes a coalition member with Houston Rescue and Restore to confront modern-day human trafficking
• 2011 Crisis Intervention of Houston, Inc. further expands disaster response programs to include nationwide assistance via the Disaster Distress Helpline; providing disaster mental health assistance to callers from nine states