SAMHSA National Helpline
Phone: 1-800-662-4357
Free, confidential information service to speak with someone about mental health, substance use, or family problems, provides information on support groups, community-based organizations, and local treatment options.
Find treatment for mental health or substance use in your area.
One-stop access to U.S. government mental health and mental health problems information.
- Mental Health America Information Center
Phone: 1-800-969-6642
Will put you in touch with local Mental Health Association, who will help you find community mental health services.
Phone: 1-800 448-3000 (serves girls too)
The Boys Town National Hotline is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and staffed by specially trained counselors. Parents, teens and families can find help with a range of issues including abuse, anger, depression, school issues, bullying etc.
Support group for those wanting to stop using drugs and or are affected by the drug use of another person.
FREE
Al-Anon is a support group for those worried about someone with a drinking problem. Also hosts Alateen, a recovery program for young people (mostly teenagers up to age 19 years) for those living with problem drinking, or are affected by the problem drinking of another person.
FREE
Get a safe ride home.
Get a safe ride home.
An overdose is when a person takes more alcohol, drugs, or medications than their body can handle. This can lead to death.
What are symptoms of an overdose?
- Blacking out
- Difficulty breathing
- Skin turns blue or pale
- Heart beating too fast or too slow
- Heart attack
What affects my risk of overdose?
- Using drugs, alcohol, or prescription medications after not using them for a while
- Taking a lot of drugs, alcohol, or prescription medications
- Mixing alcohol, drugs, or medications
- Having an illness or disease that affects the heart or lungs
What should I do if I see someone overdose?
- Call 911 or take the person to ER
- Roll the person on their side to prevent choking if they vomit
- Shake them, try to wake them up
- Provide CPR
- Administer Naloxone or Narcan if it involves opioids
What else do I need to know?
- Many people don’t want to call 911 when they see an overdose because of fear of legal problems, but know that you could be saving someone’s life.
- You don’t have to tell the 911 dispatcher your name if you don’t want to.
- You also don’t have to tell the 911 dispatcher that anyone was using drugs but do tell the paramedics when they come so they can help the person better.
Other Resources
Hotline to talk to experts about overdose, particularly due to medications
Provides shelter, food, immediate crisis care and other services for homeless youth
Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ Youth
Assists with food, health, housing, crisis, emergencies, and disaster relief.
Public housing assistance and housing choice vouchers for teens, young adults, and adults.
Provides financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans in every state and U.S. territory.
If you are a child, teen, or young adult needing counseling or shelter referral, please call
1-800-RUNAWAY or visit
www.1800RUNAWAY.org - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
A support service and 24-hour helpline for homeless youth. Deals with a wide range of issues, including bullying, suicide, basic needs, health, sex, drugs, alcohol and sex.
Find a food bank in your area.
Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ Youth
Resource database for LGBTQ+ youth
Pregnancy & Substance Use:
Using alcohol/drugs during the first stage of pregnancy can cause birth defects and miscarriage.
During the last 12 weeks of pregnancy, alcohol/drug use can cause pre-term births and fetal deaths.
Using marijuana while pregnant or breastfeeding might be harmful to the child. It may cause low birth weight and developmental delays.
Pregnancy:
Payment: Insurance, Self-payment and Medicaid
- Parenting/Childcare Resources:
Services: Preschool and family program for low-income families. Education, Health care, Social Services, Parent Involvement, Nutrition, and Behavioral Health Services.
Phone: (800) 733-5627
Job Corps is a free education and training program that helps young people learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a good job. For eligible young people 16-24 years of age that qualify as low income, Job Corps provides the all-around skills needed to succeed in a career and in life.
Explore careers, training and jobs. Find local resources that help you look for work and offer job search workshops, free computer access, and more.
Activities: Volunteers, 17 years of age and older, work one-to-one with a child, sharing experiences and time, to help the child grow into a confident, capable person.
Start your own group or search for existing groups in your area.
Activities: Variety of health and fitness programs for individuals of all ages.
Find volunteer opportunities at public sector agencies in your area.
Find volunteer opportunities at non-profit agencies in your area. Must create an account to view postings.
Will help you find a health center that provides services regardless of your ability to pay and charge for services on a sliding fee scale.
One-stop access to U.S. government insurance marketplace to determine what insurance you are eligible for, preview plans, and get connected with organizations that will assist you in signing up.
What are STIs and HIV/AIDS?
- STI stands for Sexually Transmitted Infection. Common STIs include herpes, syphilis, HPV, genital warts, Gonorrhea, and Chlamydia.
- HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus and causes AIDS.
- A person can have any of these viruses for months or years before any signs of illness appear.
- HIV weakens the body’s ability to fight off infections. Therefore, people with AIDS develop serious infections and cancers.
Why get tested for STIs or HIV?
- You cannot generally tell by looking at someone whether he or she has HIV or an STI. A person can be infected with HIV or an STI and not know it. The only way to be confident that you are not infected is to get tested.
- It is also important to find out if you are infected with HIV or STIs so that you can receive good medical care. Some STIs can be cured with medication, and others can be treated to keep symptoms from bothering you. New treatments for HIV can help keep you healthy.
- It is important to find out if you are infected with HIV and STIs so that you can avoid activities that could infect someone else.
Where can I get tested?
Payment: Insurance, Self-payment and Medicaid
Where can I get more information?
- National AIDS Hotline: 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) TTY: 1-888-232-6348 Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov In English, or en Español to talk with an HIV specialist. They can give you quick, private answers at any time, day or night.
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
A 24-hour hotline for any type of domestic abuse, including dating abuse.
- The National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
24-hour helpline for teens, parents, friends and family, peer advocates. All communication is confidential and anonymous.
- U.S. National Sexual Assault Hotline
24 hour-Free, safe, confidential service.
Hotline for teen victims of dating abuse
Support for victims of sexual assault
The Boys Town National Hotline is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and staffed by specially trained counselors. Parents, teens and families can find help with a range of issues including abuse, anger, depression, school issues, bullying etc.
