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Causes: Human Services, Mental Health, Unknown, Victims Services
Mission: Trauma interventions and counseling
Programs: Trauma intervention programs of san diego county, inc. (tipsd) was organized in california as a not for profit corporation to provide emotional and practical support to victims of traumatic events in the first few hours after a tragedy. Tipsd is a group of specially trained and thoroughly screened volunteers who are called to a crisis scene or to a local hospital by authorized police officers, fire fighters, or hospital personnel. The corporation's primary funding source is local municipalities. Trauma intervention programs of san diego county, inc. Assisted 27 cities and/or partners, e. G. Hospitals, using 90 to 120 volunteers who contributed thousands of hours to the region it serves, san diego county, ca.