National Partnership of Child and Youth Helpline Meeting
(left to right back row) Nicki Mehta, Virgina Gohr, Deborah Donovan Rice, Floribel Thomas-Paz, Magdalena Aguilar, Gordon Vance, Leen Decadt
(left to right front row) Janice Currie, Susan Schmidt, Mary Beth Villa, Erin Sorenson, and Maureen Blaha.
On May 24, 2010 the National Partnership of Child and Youth Helpline held a meeting at the National Runaway Switchboard (NRS). The international meeting was organized by the BeCause Foundation and Childhelpline International included participants from a variety of child and youth hotline service providers. Attendees were also able to tour NRS' call center and meet with staff.
Organizations included in the visit were BeCause Foundation, Child Helpline International, Covenant House Nine Line, Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, Boys Town National Hotline, California Youth Crisis Line, 2nd Floor HelpPhone, and Stop it Now.