Crisis Resource List
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Crisis resources
for everyone:
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Text HOME to 741741 to reach a volunteer Crisis Counselor. You can also chat online.
This resource is free and available 24/7.
These crisis line workers may be mandated to report calls regarding suicide to the police. If this is a concern, we encourage you to first ask about their reporting policies before sharing your situation.
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Dial 9-8-8 if you are in distress or need crisis resources for you and your loved ones. This resource is free and available 24/7.
Previously called “National Suicide Prevention Lifeline”
These crisis line workers may be mandated to report calls regarding suicide to the police. If this is a concern, we encourage you to first ask about their reporting policies before sharing your situation.
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These lines are answered by a trained peer supporters who have their own first-hand experience with psychiatric diagnosis, trauma, addiction, and/or other interrupting challenges. Call 1-888-407-4515 during available hours for support.
Mon-Thurs:7PM - 9PM EST4PM - 6PM PT
Fri-Sun:7PM - 10PM EST4PM - 7PM PT
This hotline avoids police intervention and offers transparency about their reporting and tracing policies.
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Fireside Project Psychedelic Support Line offers emotional support via one-off, inbound, unscheduled conversations by phone and text between anonymous volunteers and callers who are in the midst of psychedelic experiences or integrating past ones. This support is completely free and is entirely confidential.
Available 11AM - 11PM PT (2PM - 2AM EST) to text or call 623-473-7433 for support during and after psychedelic experiences.
This hotline avoids police intervention and offers transparency about their reporting and tracing policies.
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Call 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area. You can also chat online. This resource is free and available 24/7.
These crisis line workers may be mandated to report calls regarding suicide to the police. If this is a concern, we encourage you to first ask about their reporting policies before sharing your situation.
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National Domestic Violence Hotline aims to provide essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. You can receive support by text (text START to 88788), online chat, or by phone 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). This resource is free and available 24/7.
These crisis line workers may be mandated to report calls regarding suicide to the police. If this is a concern, we encourage you to first ask about their reporting policies before sharing your situation.
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These are like Journal Prompts for processing difficult experiences. Be sure to keep checking in with your nervous system while you write! Find more similar resources at the Firewood Collective Crisis Toolkit
Crisis resources for
the queer community:
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Center on Halsted advances community and secures the health and well-being of the LGBTQ people of Chicagoland and throughout the Midwest. The Center provides behavioral health services, HIV/STI resources & prevention services, youth programming, pride in aging programming, educational and employment resources, and more.
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Here to serve the entire community, LGBT National Help Center provides free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs. Reach out via call or text to 888-843-4564 during available hours if you're in need of support, or for chatroom aid visit lgbthotline.org
Mon-Fri: 2 PM - 11 PM EST 11 AM - 8 PM PT
Sat: Noon - 5 PM EST 9 AM - 2 PM PT
This hotline avoids police intervention and offers transparency about their reporting and tracing policies.
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Trevor Project aims to end suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning young people. You can reach a crisis counselor by text (text START to 678-678), online chat, or by phone (1-866-488-7386). This resource is free and available 24/7.
These crisis line workers may be mandated to report calls regarding suicide to the police. If this is a concern, we encourage you to first ask about their reporting policies before sharing your situation.
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Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. The hotline can be used in times of crisis, as well as when one is not in crisis. The hotline can be reached at (877) 565-8860. This resource is free and available 24/7.
See more regional resources from Trans Lifeline here.
This hotline avoids police intervention and offers transparency about their reporting and tracing policies.
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Thrive Lifeline is a text line for underrepresented individuals (person of color, LGBTQ2S+, person living with disabilities, neurodivergent, and/or other marginalized identities). Text “THRIVE” to begin your conversation: 1-313-662-8209.
THRIVE also moderates a discord server for Trans, Nonbinary, Agender, and Questioning people (13+) and co-hosts the Stronger Together discord server for multiply marginalized complex trauma survivors (open to all 18+).
Crisis resources for black,
indigenous, and people of color:
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Call BlackLine is a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. You can receive support from BlackLine's blend of professional staff, trained volunteers and collaborative partnerships by texting or calling 1-800-604-5841.
Available as an app.
This hotline avoids police intervention and offers transparency about their reporting and tracing policies.
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This is a safe, anonymous, and confidential domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans and Alaska Natives, offering support and advocacy. Chat online here, or text/call 1-844-762-8483, all for 24/7 support.
This hotline avoids police intervention and offers transparency about their reporting and tracing policies.
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Thrive Lifeline is a text line for underrepresented individuals (person of color, LGBTQ2S+, person living with disabilities, neurodivergent, and/or other marginalized identities). Text “THRIVE” to begin your conversation: 1-313-662-8209.
THRIVE also moderates a discord server for Trans, Nonbinary, Agender, and Questioning people (13+) and co-hosts the Stronger Together discord server for multiply marginalized complex trauma survivors (open to all 18+).