Hot Lines

Hot Lines

The National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

  • Call 988: To call a Spanish-speaking crisis counselor, dial 988 and then press 2, Other languages please call 988. More than 240 languages are supported through a Tele-Interpreters service.
  • Text to 988: Text in Spanish – You can send any text message to 988 to start a text conversation; for Spanish, text AYUDA to 988
  • Chat at 988: Chat in Spanish: Después de completar la breve encuesta y aceptar los términos del servicio, lo conectaremos con una persona calificada. Puede haber un tiempo de espera para conectarse. Para hablar con una persona calificada ahora, llame a ‘Lifeline’ al 988
  • LGBTQI+ people under 25 can access 24/7 LGBTQI+ support on both 988 Crisis Chat or Text, “press 3” . You’ll be asked if you want to opt-in to this support before you’re connected to a crisis counselor.
  • Veterans and active service members can reach the Veterans Crisis Line 24/7 by texting 838255, chatting here, or calling 988 and “press 1”. Learn more about the VCL here. Learn more about the VCL here.
  • Deaf and hard of hearing people can access 24/7 988, Videophone here.

Crisis Text Line
Text “Brave” to 741-741

Disaster Distress Helplone
Call 1-800-985-5990
Text “TalkWithUs” to 66746