Resources to Use
Support Groups
Information
Hotlines
If you are thinking about suicide or believe that you are at risk of harming yourself or another
person, please immediately seek out professional assistance. Pick up the phone and Call 911 or the
National Hopeline Network at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433).

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:
Operates a hotline for reporting missing children and
sightings of missing children. Offers assistance and
training to law enforcement agents. Takes reports of
sexually exploited children. Serves as the National Child
Porn TipLine. Provides books and other publications on
prevention and issues related to missing and sexually
exploited children. Ability to serve callers in over 140
languages.
1-800-THE-LOST
(800-843-5678)
1-800-826-7653 (TDD) National Center for Victims of
Crime:
1-800-FYI-CALL
(800-394-2255)

National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse:
1-800-CHILDREN
(800-244-5373)

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-SAFE
(800-799-7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TDD)

National Drug & Alcohol Treatment Hotline:
1-800-662-HELP
(800-662-4357)
National Eating Disorders Association Information and
Referral Helpline:
Provides support services, help, and guidance to people
struggling with eating disorders, their loved ones, and
families.
1-800-931-2237

National Hopeline Network:
Sponsored by the American Association of Suicidology
1-800-SUICIDE
(800-784-2433)

National Institute of Mental Health Information Line:
Provides information and literature on mental illness by
disorder - for professionals and the general public.
1-800-647-2642

National Mental Health Association:
Provides free information on specific disorders, referral
directory to mental health providers, national directory of
local mental health associations, and a Stigma Watch.
1-800-969-NMHA
(800-969-6642)

National Runaway Switchboard:
Provides crisis intervention and travel assistance
information to runaways. Gives referrals to shelters
nationwide. Also relays messages to, or sets up
conference calls with, parents at the request of the child.
Has access to AT&T Language Line.
1-800-621-4000
1-800-621-0394 (TDD)

National Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline:
1-800-227-8922

National Youth Crisis Hotline:
Provides counseling and referrals to local drug treatment
centers, shelters, and counseling services. Responds to
youth dealing with pregnancy, molestation, suicide, and
child abuse.
1-800-HIT-HOME
(800-448-4663)

Rape, Abuse, Incest National (RAIN) Network:
Connects caller to the nearest counseling center that
provides counseling for rape, abuse, and incest victims.
1-800-656-HOPE
(800-656-4673)

SAFE (Self-Abuse Finally Ends):
1-800-DONT-CUT
(800-366-8288)  

A-WAY-OUT:
Provides unique crisis mediation program for parents
contemplating abduction of their children, or who have already
abducted their children and want to use Child Find Volunteer
Family Mediators to resolve their custody dispute.
1-800-292-9688

Child Abuse National Hotline:
1-800-25-ABUSE
(800-252-2873)

Child Find of America:
Parents reporting lost children.
1-800-I-AM-LOST
(800-426-5678)
1-800-292-9688 (Parental abduction)

CHILDHELP USA® - National Child Abuse Hotline:
Provides multilingual crisis intervention and professional
counseling on child abuse and domestic violence issues. Gives
referrals to local agencies offering counseling and other
services related to child abuse, adult survivor issues, and
domestic violence. Provides literature on child abuse in English
and Spanish.
1-800-4-A-CHILD
(800-422-4453)
1-800-222-4453 (TDD)

Cocaine National Hotline:
1-800-COCAINE
(800-262-2463)

Covenant House Nineline:
Crisis line for youth, teens, and families. Locally based referrals
throughout the United States. Help for youth and parents
regarding drugs, abuse, homelessness, runaway children, and
message relays.
1-800-999-9999

CyberTipline for reporting the exploitation of children:
1-800-843-5678

Elder Abuse Hotline:
1-800-252-8966

Friends of Battered Women and Their Children:
1-800-603-HELP
(800-603-4357)

Girls and Boys Town National Hotline:
Provides short-term intervention and counseling and refers
callers to local community resources. Counsels on parent-child
conflicts, family issues, suicide, pregnancy, runaway youth,
physical and sexual abuse, and other issues that impact
children and families. Spanish-speaking operators are
available. TDD capability.
1-800-448-3000
1-800-448-1833 (TDD)

KIDS PEACE:
Parent and relative, concerned adults can call about mental
health related problems - children and adolescents in crisis will
be connected with a social worker for immediate help.
1-800-334-4KID
(800-334-4543)

KID SAVE:
Referrals to shelters, mental health services, sexual abuse
treatment, substance abuse, family counseling, residential care,
adoption/foster care, etc.
1-800-543-7283

NAMI Helpline National Alliance for the Mentally Ill:
Provides support, information, and referrals.
1-800-950-NAMI
(800-950-6264)
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