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For the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, dial 988. For a medical emergency, dial 911.

Additional resources are below.

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United States Hotlines & Resources

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Find a Helpline: Global directory of crisis hotlines

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Emergency & Crisis Support

Organization Website/Chat Hotline Textline Hours
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline chat.988lifeline.org 988 988 24/7
911 • Emergency Info only: 911.gov 911 See https://text911.info/ 24/7
Crisis Text Line connect.crisistextline.org/chat N/A Text HOME or HOLA to 741741 24/7
Disaster Distress Helpline samhsa.gov/find-help/helplines/disaster-distress-helpline 1-800-985-5990 1-800-985-5990 24/7

General Support (Non-Emergency)

Organization Website/Chat Hotline Textline Hours
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) nami.org/support-education/nami-helpline/ 1-800-950-6264 Text HELPLINE to 62640 Mon–Fri: 10 AM – 10 PM Eastern
National Parent & Youth Helpline nationalparentyouthhelpline.org/ 1-855-427-2736 1-855-427-2736 24/7
Senior Helpline seniorliving.org/care/helpline 1-855-241-1699 N/A 4 AM – 8 PM Pacific

Domestic & Family Violence

Organization Website/Chat Hotline Textline Hours
National Domestic Violence Hotline thehotline.org 1-800-799-7233 Text START to 88788 24/7
Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline childhelphotline.org 1-800-422-4453 Text HELP to 1-800-422-4453 24/7
National Runaway Safeline 1800runaway.org/chat 1-800-786-2929 1-800-786-2929 24/7

LGBTQ+ Support

Organization Website/Chat Hotline Textline Hours
LGBT National Help Center lgbthotline.org/chat 1-888-843-4564

Youth: 1-800-246-7743

Seniors: 1-888-234-7243 | N/A | Mon–Fri: 2–11 PM Eastern

Sat: 12–5 PM Eastern | | The Trevor Project | thetrevorproject.org/get-help | +1 (866) 488-7386 | 678678 | 24/7 | | Trans Lifeline | translifeline.org | +1 (877) 565-8860 | N/A | Mon–Fri: 1–9 PM Eastern | | Call BlackLine (LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens) | callblackline.com | 1 (800) 604-5841 | N/A | 24/7 | | DeQH (Desi LGBTQ+ Helpline for South Asians) | deqh.org | 908-367-3374 | N/A | Thurs & Sun: 8–10 PM Eastern |

Eating Disorders

Organization Website/Chat Hotline Textline Hours
National Alliance for Eating Disorders allianceforeatingdisorders.com 1 (866) 662-1235 N/A Mon–Fri: 9 AM – 7 PM Eastern
Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders anad.org 1 (888) 375-7767 N/A Mon–Fri: 10 AM – 10 PM Eastern
DBH; Dream, Believe, Hope with diabetes diabulimiahelpline.org 1 (425) 985-3635 N/A 24/7

Substance Abuse & Addiction

Organization Website/Chat Hotline Textline Hours
SAMHSA samhsa.gov/find-help/helplines/national-helpline 1-800-662-4357 Treatment referral: Text your ZIP Code to 435748 24/7

Sexual & Reproductive Health

Organization Website/Chat Hotline Textline Hours
Planned Parenthood roo.plannedparenthood.org/

(Available Sun–Thurs 12–8:45 PM Eastern) | 1-800-230-7526

(Connects caller to local center) | N/A | Hotline: Mon–Fri: 9 AM – 5 PM local | | RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline | hotline.rainn.org/online | 1-800-656-4673 | N/A | 24/7 |

Medical & Poison Control

Organization Website/Chat Hotline Textline Hours
Poison Control National Capital Poison Center triage.webpoisoncontrol.org 1-800-222-1222 N/A 24/7
CDC Info cdc.gov/cdc-info/index.html 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) N/A Mon–Fri: 8 AM – 8 PM Eastern
NIH HIVInfo hivinfo.nih.gov/contact-hivinfo 1-800-448-0440 N/A Mon–Fri: 1–4 PM Eastern