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A History of Rescue Rescue Mental Health Addiction Services was founded in 1966 by members of the Lucas County religious and social services communities to meet the need for a 24hour hotline for those experiencing an emotional crisis. Father Frank Crawford is regarded as Rescues founder and served as the first volunteer to staff the hotline. During 1980 and 1981 the United Way and the Lucas County Mental Health Board identified the need for comprehensive and centralized emergency services for the severely mentally disabled understanding that this population desperately needed not only emergency services but substantial resources as well. In 1982 Rescue was designated as the focal point of the centralized emergency services providing a hotline shortterm crisis counseling services and a sixbed crisis support unit.