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, � . �4- , 13 Brief Description of Agency Funding Requests HSFA Applicants FY 04-05 EMERGENCY SERVICES CORA (Community Overcominq Relationship Abuse) — 24 Hour Crisis Line and Support Services The result of a merger befinreen Sor Juana Ines Services for Abused Women and the Center for pomestic Violence Prevention, CORA's services are designed to address the needs of victims of domestic violence as well as to prevent future occurrences of domestic violence. These services include: a 24-hour hotline, an emergency response program (in collaboration with law enforcement agencies), legal assistance and restraining orders, emergency and transitional housing, individual and group peer counseling, community outreach and education, screening and referral for child witnesses, children's program, and teen chat room (on-line peer counseling). $20,000 was requested fo support the 24-hour emergency crisis and support telephone providing assistance to victims of domestic violence as well as those in danger of becoming victims of violence. Youth and Familv Enrichment Services (YFES) -Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center. Youth and Family Enrichment Services is the product of the recent merger of Family and Community Enrichment Services, Inc (FACES) and Youth and Family Assistance (YFA). YFES draws on the historical legacy of service that each agency brings to carry out iYs mission to strengthen communities by empowering youth, families and individuals to overcome challenges through counseling, education, and residential services. The Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center seeks to provide readily accessible help to people in their times of greatest need. For more than thirty-five years the Crisis Center has been the only 24-hour suicide and crisis hotline in the San Mateo County. Alongside the Crisis Line, the YFES Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center also operates a 24-hour Alcohol & Drug Helpline, which connects people to substance abuse treatment or 12-step meetings, and a third hotline, the new 24-hour Parent support Line, which provides guidance and comfort to parents in crisis. The Youth Intervention Team provides on-call counselors to San Mateo County schools to assess suicidal youth behaviors and other crisis situations and develop a plan for intervention. $15,000 was requested to support the operation of the crisis hotline and the Youth Intervention Team's outreach and inrervention efforts in Redwood City. 1