Hotlines For Help
SUICIDE
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline/National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
988 or 800-273-8255 (Available 24/7)
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault
217-753-4117
National Sexual Assault Hotline
800-656-4673 (Available 24/7)
Live Chat available
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
877-863-6338 (Available 24/7)
National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-7233 (Available 24/7)
CHILD ABUSE
Illinois Child Abuse Hotline
800-252-2873 (Available 24/7)
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
800-662-4357 (Available 24/7)
Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substance Abuse
833-2FINDHELP (Available 24/7)
Text "HELP" to 833234
MENTAL HEALTH
Crisis and Referral Entry Services (CARES)
800-345-9049 (Available 24/7)
Mental health crisis calls for Illinois children and youth
Illinois Call4Calm Text Line
Text TALK to 552020 for English or HABLAR for Spanish (Available 24/7)
Stress-related to COVID-19 pandemic and need emotional support
Anonymous
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor
24/7 support to anyone in any type of crisis
Disaster Distress Helpline
800-985-5990 (Available 24/7)
Text: TalkWithUs to 66746
Support for emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters
OTHER SERVICES
National Runaway Safeline
800-786-2929 or TEXT 66008 (Available 24/7)
Trevor Project Hotline (LGBTQ+)
866-488-7386 (Available 24/7)
Text START to 678678
Take It Down - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Designed to remove or block uploads of sexually explicit images of minors online