Ways to Get Help

SUICIDE

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline/National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

• 988 or 800-273-8255 (Available 24/7)
• 988lifeline.org

SEXUAL ASSAULT

Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault

• 217-753-4117
• www.icasa.org

National Sexual Assault Hotline

• 800-656-4673 (Available 24/7)
• Live Chat available
• rainn.org

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence

• 877-863-6338 (Available 24/7)

National Domestic Violence Hotline

• 800-799-7233 (Available 24/7)
• https://www.thehotline.org/

CHILD ABUSE

Illinois Child Abuse Hotline

• 800-252-2873 (Available 24/7)

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

• 800-662-4357 (Available 24/7)
• www.samhsa.gov

Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substance Abuse

• 833-2FINDHELP (Available 24/7)
• Text "HELP" to 833234
• https://helplineil.org/app/home

MENTAL HEALTH

Crisis and Referral Entry Services (CARES)

• 800-345-9049 (Available 24/7)
• Mental health crisis calls for Illinois children and youth

Illinois Call4Calm Text Line 

• Text TALK to 552020 for English or HABLAR for Spanish (Available 24/7)
• Stress-related to COVID-19 pandemic and need emotional support
• Anonymous

Crisis Text Line 

• Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor
• 24/7 support to anyone in any type of crisis
• https://www.crisistextline.org 

Disaster Distress Helpline

• 800-985-5990 (Available 24/7)
• Text: TalkWithUs to 66746
• Support for emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters
• Disaster Distress Helpline

OTHER SERVICES

National Runaway Safeline

• 800-786-2929 or TEXT 66008 (Available 24/7)

Trevor Project Hotline (LGBTQ+)

• 866-488-7386 (Available 24/7)
• Text START to 678678

Take It Down - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

• https://takeitdown.ncmec.org 
• Designed to remove or block uploads of sexually explicit images of minors online.
• Anonymously report sextortion before any images are ever circulated online.