CommUnity Crisis Services facing major layoffs

CommUnity Crisis Services in Iowa City is planning 100 layoffs, effective Sept. 29. The layoffs occur as the organization’s contractor, Vibrant Emotional Health, declines to renew their contract.

Vibrant Emotional Health, based out of New York City, administers the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. On Sept. 11, the organization informed CommUnity Crisis Services that they would not be renewing their contract, despite…