The Clearfield Jefferson Suicide Prevention Team is dedicated to reduce the occurrence of suicide within our two county areas. The Team will achieve this goal by promoting awareness and prevention by offering programs to the community at large. We will provide interventions to all groups from the faith based community to the business community and establish support groups for survivors. The team goal is for everyone to learn how to identify the person who may be suicidal and then know what to say to get him or her help, he or she so desperately need. We are committed to ongoing efforts to advocate for solutions and combat stigma. The Team would like to see, suicide, a topic we can freely discuss. 

The Clearfield Jefferson Mental Health Crisis Services will assist persons located within the boundaries of the two county area.  The person may be experiencing a serious disturbance of thought, behavior, mood, or social relationship.   The goal of Crisis Services is to help lessen the disturbance, to return the individual to their normal level of functioning in the least restrictive environment to make certain of their safety and the safety of others. Crisis Services will also seek to establish supports and patterns of behavior that reduce the future incidence of mental health crises for the individual. 

The Disaster Crisis Outreach and Referral Team (DCORT) is a function of the Local MH/MR Administrative Office mandated by the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS). The purpose of DCORT teams is to provide psychological and emotional support to victims and first responders following a natural or human-caused disaster or incident. The team consists of members ranging from licensed counselors, mental health workers, educators, nurses, administrators and members of the community.

DCORT members receive ongoing training to prepare them to assist with the psychological needs of a community after an incident. This may include meeting immediate needs such as “comfort provisions” for victims and responders, providing educational information regarding the emotional and psychological impact of an incident on individuals and communities, staffing Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) following an incident, and providing post-incident outreach and referral services to those affected by an incident.

Clearfield County provides 9-1-1 services to the County of Clearfield, Pennsylvania. The county encompasses approximately 1,154 square miles and has a population of over 83,000. Clearfield County 911 answers and dispatches an average of 60,000 emergency and non-emergency incidents per year. There is a staff of 25 dispatchers with an average of 5 on duty at all times. An administrative staff of 6 people provide support services such as quality assurance, training, radio maintenance, and database administration.

The Jefferson County Department of Emergency Services comprises the County Emergency Management Agency, the Jefferson County 9-1-1 Center, Jefferson County LEPC, and Hazardous Materials Response.

The American Red Cross Greater Pennsylvania Region helps people to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters big and small. Each year we provide assistance following more than 2,200 area disasters, most of which are home fires.

Monitoring and responding to changing conditions in Pennsylvania. Connecting county emergency managers with everything they need to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mission is simple - to help people before, during and after disasters.  Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires, whatever the disaster, FEMA leads the federal government’s response as part of a team of responders.