Crisis Help:

Suicide hotline—Call or text 988 at any time if you or a someone you know feels alone or needs help or just needs a listening ear

For crisis support through text, text HOME to 741741

The Trevor Project which support LGBTQ youth, text START to 678678 or call 1-866-488-7386

YouthLine is a teen to teen crisis hotline, text teen2teen to 839863 and call 1-877-968-8491

RESOURCES

This is a growing list—Feel free to reach out to me at ahelzberg26@hotchkiss.org with any additional resources to add

Support Groups:

  1. I recommend signing up for Coping After Suicide at www.copingaftersuicide.com. They have many groups with specific focuses(ex. children with a parent that died, people who had a spouse die).

  2. NAMI or National Alliance on Mental Health

    1a. NAMI has family support groups and a helpline(1-800-950-NAMI)

  3. AFSP or American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

    2a. AFSP has support groups and educational programs

  4. Dougy Center

    3a. The Dougy Center has grief support groups and resources for adults and children.