Nonprofit suicide-prevention and crisis-support organisation on Cape Cod and the Islands, running a 24/7 helpline, community education, senior outreach and grief services.
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The Samaritans on Cape Cod and the Islands is a nonprofit suicide-prevention and crisis-support organisation founded in 1977. Headquartered in Mashpee, Massachusetts, it serves Cape Cod and the Islands. Its programmes are provided free of charge and are sustained by a workforce of over 1,000 trained volunteers alongside paid staff.
The organisation's central service is a 24/7 crisis helpline offering confidential, nonjudgmental listening and crisis intervention to people contemplating suicide or experiencing emotional crises; more than 615,000 calls have been answered. Other programmes include suicide-prevention education for communities across the region, outreach to older adults in the form of supportive outgoing calls (over 9,000 to seniors), Safe Place peer-support meetings (more than 400 facilitated), and grief services and long-term peer support for those bereaved by suicide.
The Samaritans works from a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach to listening and operates through collaboration between staff, volunteers and community partners. Roles may involve continuous coverage of the helpline and community-facing programmes.
