Get Help Resources

May 29, 2024
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Need Help or Feeling Overwhelmed?

There are a lot of phone numbers on this page. If you don’t know where to start, we suggest dialing 2-1-1
on your phone to be connected with the national human service call center.

Crisis Helpline (Teens Under 18)

Girls and Boys Town | 1-800-448-3000

Hearing Impaired | 1-800-448-1833

Youth Crisis Hotline | 1-800-448-4663

National Runaway Safeline | 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929)

Teen Hope Line | 1-800-394-HOPE

Suicide Hotline | 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433), 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline | 1-800-273-8255

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline | 988

Deaf Hotline | 1-800-799-4TTY

National Association for Children of Alcoholics | 1-888-554-2627

Crisis Pregnancy Hotline Number | 1-800-67-BABY-6

Children in Immediate Danger | 1-800-THE-LOST

National Sexual Assault Hotline | 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

LGBTQIA+ Helpline | 1-800-398-GAYS

Gay and Lesbian National Hotline | 1-888-843-4564

Trevor Hotline (Suicide) | 1-866-4-U-TREVOR

Parent or Student Helplines

ABUSE

National Sexual Assault Hotline | 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

Stop it Now! | 1-888-PREVENT

United States Elder Abuse Hotline | 1-866-363-4276

National Child Abuse Hotline | 1-800-4-A-CHILD (422-4453)

Child Abuse Hotline / Dept of Social Services | 1-800-342-3720

Child Abuse National Hotline | 1-800-25ABUSE

Children in Immediate Danger | 1-800-THE-LOST

Exploitation of Children | 1-800-843-5678

Missing Children Help Center | 1-800-872-5437

ADDICTION

Marijuana Anonymous | 1-800-766-6779

Alcohol Treatment Referral Hotline (24 hours) | 1-800-252-6465

Families Anonymous | 1-800-736-9805

Cocaine Hotline (24 hours) | 1-800-262-2463

Drug Abuse National Helpline | 1-800-662-4357

National Association for Children of Alcoholics | 1-888-554-2627

Ecstasy Addiction | 1-800-468-6933

CANCER

American Cancer Society | 1-800-227-2345

National Cancer Institute | 1-800-422-6237

CAREGIVERS

Elder Care Locator | 1-800-677-1116

Well Spouse Foundation | 1-800-838-0879

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABORTION

National Domestic Violence Hotline | 1-800-799-SAFE

Post Abortion Counseling | 1-800-228-0332

Post Abortion Project Rachel | 1-800-5WE-CARE

National Abortion Federation Hotline | 1-800-772-9100

National Office of Post Abortion Trauma | 1-800-593-2273

EATING DISORDERS

Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention | 1-800-931-2237

Eating Disorders Center | 1-888-236-1188

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders | 1-888-375-7767

FAMILY VIOLENCE

Family Violence Prevention Center | 1-800-313-1310

GAMBLING

Compulsive Gambling Hotline | 1-410-332-0402

GRIEF/LOSS

GriefShare | 1-800-395-5755

HOMELESS/SHELTERS

Homeless | 1-800-231-6946

American Family Housing | 1-888-600-4357

LGBTQIA+

Helpline | 1-800-398-GAYS

Gay and Lesbian National Hotline | 1-888-843-4564

Trevor Hotline (Suicide) | 1-866-4-U-TREVOR

PARENTS

Hotline for Parents Considering Abducting Their Children | 1-800-A-WAY-OUT

United States Missing Children Hotline | 1-800-235-3535

POISON

Poison Control | 1-800-942-5969

RUNAWAYS

Boystown National Hotline | 1-800-448-3000

National Runaway Safeline | 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929)

Laurel House | 1-714-832-0207

National Runaway Switchboard | 1-800-621-4000

Teenline | 1-888-747-TEEN

Youth Crisis Hotline | 1-800-448-4663

SELF-INJURY

S.A.F.E. (Self Abuse Finally Ends) | 1-800-DONT-CUT

SEXUAL ADDICTION

Project Know | 1-888-892-1840

Sex Addicts Anonymous | 1-800-477-8191

SUICIDE

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline | 1-800-273-8255

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline | 988

Suicide Hotline | 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433), 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Suicide Prevention Hotline | 1-800-827-7571

Deaf Hotline | 1-800-799-4TTY

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