The partnerships the Distress Centre has developed over the years have provided us, and our partner agencies, with the opportunity to offer our community a high quality of service. Our partnerships have allowed us to make the most effective use of available resources by staying focused on core competencies.

Many of our programs are operated in partnership as can be seen by the following list

Program	Partners
Telephone Crisis Lines	United Way of Calgary and Area, City of Calgary, AADAC
Crisis Counselling	United Way of Calgary and Area, City of Calgary, AADAC
Instrumental Needs Fund	Burns Memorial Fund, Husky Energy, United Way, Individual Donations (funding partners). Over 20 community agencies participate on the Advisory Committee.
Mobile Response Teams	Woods Homes, Calgary Health Region Mental Health & Addiction Services, Calgary Area Child & Family Services Authority
After hours crisis response	Airdrie & Cochrane Mental Health Services, CMHA Suicide Services, Calgary Family Services, Alzheimer's Society of Calgary
Disaster Response	Community Mental Health Collective
SeniorConnect	Calgary Seniors' Resource Society
211	United Way of Calgary and Area, City of Calgary
Family Violence Info Line	Alberta Children's Services, Office of Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying
Out is OK	Calgary Outlink - Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity

All Distress Centre services are free of charge to the public. Donations are gratefully accepted.