Suicide Prevention Resources
These organizations that are here to help. Turn to them for 24/7, free and confidential support, suicide prevention resources, and education around mental health illnesses.
National
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
Call 988
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
Call 1-866-488-7386
Veterans Crisis Hotline
Connect with the Veterans Crisis Line to reach caring, qualified responders with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many of them are Veterans themselves.
Call 800-273-8255 and press 1
Crisis Text Line
Text from anywhere in the USA to text with a trained Crisis Counselor. Every texter is connected with a Crisis Counselor, a real-life human being trained to bring texters from a hot moment to a cool calm through active listening and collaborative problem solving.
Text TALK to 741741 to text with a trained crisis counselor.
Full List of Suicide Prevention Resources provided by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Find resources for suicide prevention for your or someone you know.
SAMHSA Treatment Referral Hotline (Substance Abuse)
This Helpline provides 24-hour free and confidential treatment referral and information about mental and/or substance use disorders, prevention, and recovery in English and Spanish.
Call 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
Whether you’re looking for support, information, advice, or a referral, our trained support specialists are ready to help. The Hotline will connect you with a trained staff member from your local sexual assault service provider.
Call 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline
Highly-trained advocates offer support, information and advocacy to young people who have questions or concerns about their dating relationships. They provide information and support to concerned friends and family members, teachers, counselors, service providers and members of law enforcement.
Call 1-866-331-9474 or text LOVEIS to 22522
California
NAMI California
NAMI California is the leading organization of individuals working with mutual respect to provide help, hope and health for those affected by serious mental illness.
Call (916) 567-0163
California Mental Health Service Authority
CalMHSA pioneers cutting edge research, providing counties an independent administrative and fiscal intergovernmental structure. They help fund, develop, and implement mental health services and educational programs at the state, regional, and local levels. A central component of CalMHSA‘s vision is to continually promote systems and services arising from a commitment to community mental health, and to the values of the California Mental Health Services Act.
Call (916) 859-4827
AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) San Francisco
The Greater San Francisco Bay Area Chapter is active throughout the year with educational, programmatic, and outreach activities as well as the 7 Out of the Darkness Community Walks each fall & more than 10 Survivor Day sites each November.
The grassroots work they do focuses on eliminating the loss of life from suicide by: delivering innovative prevention programs, educating the public about risk factors and warning signs, raising funds for suicide research and programs, and reaching out to those individuals who have lost someone to suicide.
Call (707) 968-7563
San Francisco Suicide Prevention
San Francisco Suicide Prevention is the oldest community-based telephone crisis center in the United States, founded in 1962 by Bernard Mayes. To this day, the agency trains local volunteers who provide suicide prevention and crisis intervention services to callers, and over 500 other crisis centers across the United States now utilize the same concept.
Call (415) 781-0500
AFSP California - State Fact Sheet
New York
NYC Well
A staff of trained mental health professionals that can help callers find the most appropriate mental health and substance abuse services for their needs. Services include counseling, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, peer support, referrals to care, assistance in connecting to the referral, and follow-up services. NYC Well is free and confidential and operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week via phone, text, and internet chat. NYC Well is multilingual and multicultural.
Call 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355)
NAMI New York State
NAMI-NYS is the state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country.
Call (518) 462-2000
The Mental Health Association in New York State
MHANYS is a not-for-profit organization that works to end the stigma against mental illness and promotes mental health wellness in New York State. MHANYS achieves this through training, education, advocacy and policy, community-based partnership programming, and by connecting individuals and families to help.
Call (518) 434-0439
