IN ANY EMERGENCY WHERE HELP IS NEEDED, IMMEDIATELY CALL 911
Abandoned Infant
1-866-505-7233
Adult Protective Services
1-800-342-3009, option 1 (English), option 6 (APS), then 1 (NYC boroughs) or 2 (outside NYC), then the first four letters of the county in which you reside.
AFFCNY
Helpline for foster, adoptive and kinship families and related professionals
888-354-1342
Information on the Abandoned Infant Protection Act
(This act protects birth parents who abandon infants at certain safe locations)
866-505-SAFE
Child Abuse
Childhelp’s National Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-244-5373
Child Care
Child Care Aware
1-800-424-2246
Crisis Text Line
Text ‘Got5’ to 741-741
Domestic Violence
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (800-799-7233)
TTY 1-800-787-3224
IMALIVE Online Crisis Chat: Suicide intervention, prevention, awareness, and education.
imalive.org/
Missing and Exploited Children
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
NYC LifeNet: Free confidential info, referral, and crisis hotline available to anyone at anytime.
1(800) LIFENET (543-3638)
Runaway Youth
National Runaway Switchboard
1-800-621-4000
Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
988 Updates and Education Newsletter
Call, text, or chat 988 when you’d like emotional support, are thinking about suicide, or are worried about a friend or loved one.
Suicide Prevention Hotline
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provides peer support services and counseling to BOTH those experiencing mental illness/in active distress or is supporting a loved one with mental illness.
1 (212) 684-3264 (NYC); 10am-6pm
1 (518) 248-7634 (NYS-specific) 10am-6pm
1 (800) 950-NAMI (6264) [nationwide]; 10am-6pm
New York Suicide Hotline Directory (by county):
suicide.org/hotlines/new-york-suicidehotlines.html
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
1-888-373-7888
New York State Attorney General
Consumer Hotline
800-771-7755, press 1 (English)
New York State Office for the Aging
Senior Citizen’s Hotline
800-342-9871, press 1 (English)
Ombudsman Program – CHAMP (NYS’s Community Health Access to Addiction & Mental Healthcare Project)
A program to help individuals get the most from their insurance benefits – (888) 614-5400
https://oasas.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2019/07/CHAMP-Brochure.pdf
Prevent Child Abuse New York
24-Hour Prevention and Parent Helpline:
1-800-342-7472 (PIRC)
Prevent Child Abuse New York is the only statewide, nonprofit organization in New York dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect.
Samaritans 24-Hour Crisis Hotline (NYC): A confidential, 24-hour emotional support and crisis response hotline service is available on an immediate and ongoing basis to help people who are dealing with every kind of problem, illness, trauma or loss as they try to cope with their difficulties.
(212) 673-3000
S.A.F.E. Alternatives (addresses self-harm behaviors): 1(800) 366-8288 / Site: selfinjury.com/
Teen LINE: 1(800) 852-8336 / Text “TEEN” to 839-863 /
Site: teenlineonline.org
