CRISIS CENTER Definition & Meaning

crisis center

noun

a central facility, telephone answering service, etc., where people may obtain informed help or advice in a personal crisis.
an office, building, agency, etc., serving as a central point for receiving information and coordinating action during a disaster or emergency.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of crisis center¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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The tour is free, but donation jars will be set out at the gardens to support the Sheepfold, a crisis center for women and children that has long been the beneficiary of the foundation’s annual tours.

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Already, the organization Border Line Crisis Center had printed fliers.

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Natalia Abrams, president and founder of the Student Debt Crisis Center, said the bigger concern is the shift from an administration concerned about student debt burdens to one that’s not.

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Natalia Abrams, president and founder of the Student Debt Crisis Center, said the back-and-forth rulings were causing enormous frustration.

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The hardship proposal emerged in February, after a strong push from advocates of student-loan borrowers, said Natalia Abrams, president and founder of the Student Debt Crisis Center.

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