For Students

*If you or someone you know is experiencing an immediate mental health crisis -

 please call 911*

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

  • Dial 988

  • A national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• The Trevor Project Crisis Line

  • Text ‘START’ to 678-678

  • 1-866-488-7386

  • The world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ youth.

• NAMI Teen & Young Adult Hotline

  • Text "Friend" to 62640

  • A free nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals, and support to teens and young adults. 

• Samaritans of Cape Cod

  • 1-800-893-9900

  • The Samaritans on Cape Cod and the Islands is a non-sectarian organization dedicated to ending suicide by combating suicide risk conditions and easing the impacts of suicidal activity through fostering caring, connection, resilience, and public understanding.

• Cape & Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition

  • Prevention@suicideispreventable.net

  • The mission of the Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition is to help give Cape Cod and Island communities the necessary information and tools to raise awareness, promote education, and increase action to reduce suicides.

• Crisis Text Line

  • Text 741-741 and type “start” 

  • Crisis Text Line is here for any crisis 24 hours a day/7 days a week.  A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from our secure online platform.e

• Alateen

  • 508-366-4663

  • Cape Cod Alateen is a part of a world wide Alateen fellowship where teens help each other deal with the feelings of pain, anger and depression we experience due to the problem drinking of our parents, relatives, friends or classmates. We come together to - Discuss problems with each other - Learn how to cope with problems - Help one another Alateen is anonymous, confidential and free. 

• DCF Cape Cod & Islands

  • 508-760-0200

  • After hours: 1-800-792-5200

  • To report child abuse or neglect.