Resources
Below is a listing of hotlines, helplines, informational phone numbers, and websites to use when you need some help.
(A note: to the best of our knowledge these numbers and URLs are current and accurate, although not all of them have been individually verified. If you find any numbers that are no longer in service or are inaccurate, let us know so that we can update the list. Thanks!)
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The It Gets Better Project – The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better.
The Trevor Project — The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.
The Trevor Lifeline: 866-488-7386
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/talktome/index.html
We Are Straight But Not Narrow (SBNN) — A campaign that targets young straight male and encourages/promotes acceptance and tolerance of non-straight friends and friendships.
Adolescent Crisis Intervention & Counseling Nineline
1-800-999-9999
AIDS Treatment Information Services
1-800-HIV-0440 (1-800-448-0440)
AIDS National Hotline
1-800-342-2437
Al-Anon/Alateen Hotline
Hope & Help for young people who are the relatives & friends of a problem drinker.
1-800-344-2666
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters
1-800-356-9996
Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline
1-800-662-HELP
Be Sober Hotline
1-800-BE-SOBER
Boys Town National Hotline
1-800-448-3000
Care Net
1-800-395-HELP (4357)
Center for the Prevention of School Violence
1-800-299-6504
Centers for Disease Control AIDS Info
1-800-342-2437
CHADD-Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
1-800-233-4050
Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)
Cocaine Help Line
1-800-COCAINE (1-800-262-246 )
24 Hour Cocaine Hotline
1-800-992-9239
Covenant House Nineline
1-800-999-9999
Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)
Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-548-2722
Domestic Violence Hotline in the US
800-799-7233
Domestic Violence Hotline/Child Abuse
800-4-A-CHILD (800 422 4453)
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
1-800-537-2238
Drug Help National Helplines
1-800-378-4435
Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention
1-800-931-2237 (Hours: 8am-noon daily, PT)
Eating Disorders Center
1-888-236-1188
Ecstasy Addiction
1-800-468-6933
Family Violence Prevention Center
1-800-313-1310
Food Addiction
1-800-841-1515
Gay & Lesbian National Hotline
1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564)
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Youth Support Line
800-850-8078
GLBT National Youth Talkline
1-800-246-PRIDE
Gay & Transgender Hate Crime Hotline
1-800-616-HATE
Help Finding a Therapist
1-800-THERAPIST (1-800-843-7274)
Herpes Resource Center
1-800-230-6039
Homeless/Runaway National Runaway Hotline
800-231-6946
Incest Awareness Foundation
1-888 -547-3222
Learning Disabilities – (National Center For)
1-888-575-7373
Marijuana Anonymous
1-800-766-6779
Mental Health InfoSource
1-800-447-4474
Missing & Exploited Children Hotline
1-800-843-5678
National Adolescent Suicide Hotline
800-621-4000
National Association for Children of Alcoholics
1-888-55-4COAS (1-888-554-2627)
National Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-422-4453
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)
National Drug Abuse Hotline
1-800-662-HELP (1-800-662-4357)
National Hotline for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
1-800-269-4327
National Institute on Drug Abuse & Alcoholism
1-888-644-6432
National Institute of Mental Health
1-888-ANXIETY (1-888-269-4389)
National Mental Health Association
1-800-969-6642
National Runaway Switchboard and Suicide Hotline
1-800-621-4000
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK
National STD Hotline
1-800-227-8922
National Teen Dating Abuse Help
1-866-331-9474
National Youth Crisis Hotline
1-800-448-4663
Panic Disorder Information Hotline
800-64-PANIC
People Against Rape
1-800-877-7252


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