Additional Resources

If you are in need of urgent or immediate assistance, please contact 512-472-HELP (4357) or 911.

Hotlines & other community resources:

  • Austin / Travis County 24 hour Crisis & Suicide: 512-472-HELP (4357)

  • Williamson County 24 hour Crisis: 1-800-841-1255

  • Bastrop County Family Crisis Center: 1-888-311-7755

  • Hays County 24 Hour Crisis hotline: 1-877-466-0660

  • National Suicide Prevention hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

  • Crisis Text Line: Text 741741 when in crisis, available 24/7. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds quickly.

  • Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255

  • Trevor Project: A national 24-hour, toll free confidential suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth: 1-866-488-7386

  • Unilife: online resource for college mental health

  • National Alliance on Mental Illness, Central Texas

  • Texas Health and Human Services

  • 2-1-1 Texas: State and local resources for life issues, food, shelter, rent assistance, childcare, counseling and more.

  • Psych2Go: Youtube site covering mental help topics

  • LifeWorks: https://www.lifeworksaustin.org/ LifeWorks provides a pathway to self-sufficiency for more than 4,000 youth and families, many of whom are facing life’s most difficult challenges, including homelessness, trauma, and abuse.

  • YMCA Greater Austin Warmline : for people with emerging non-emergency thoughts and feelings that have arisen or have been exacerbated by the current health crisis and who may benefit from receiving emotional support. Non-crisis line: 512-548-YMCA (9922)

ACC Student Services & Mental Health Resources:

  • ACC District Clinical Counseling Services provides online counseling for enrolled ACC students. For a referral to mental health services, please submit a District Clinical Counseling Services Request. For more information about mental health resources available to ACC students, see the ACC Mental Health Counseling web page.

  • For more information about community resources available to ACC students, please see the ACC website.