Resources

In a true medical emergency, please call 911.

BlackLine – 1-800-604-5841

  • Call BlackLine® provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens.

  • Call BlackLine® prioritizes BIPOC

  • (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). By us for us.www.callblackline.com

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) Resource Directory - http://www.chadd.org/

  • Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), is a national nonprofit organization that improves the lives of people affected by ADHD through education, advocacy, and support. CHADD is in the forefront in creating and implementing programs and services in response to the needs of adults and families affected by ADHD through collaborative partnerships and advocacy, including training for parents and K-12 teachers, hosting educational webinars and workshops, being an informative clearinghouse for the latest evidence-based ADHD information, and providing information specialists to support the ADHD community. Individuals can use an online directory to find resources in their area such as clinicians, support groups and more. Additionally, individuals may access a chapter directory to find a CHADD affiliate in their area.

Crisis Text Line: text "HOME" to 741-741

  • Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support via a medium people already use and trust: text.

Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance: 1-800-82-NDMDA (63632)

  • The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the leading national organization focusing on mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, which affect over 21 million Americans. DBSA offers peer-based, wellness-oriented support and empowering services and resources available when people need them, where they need them, and how they need to receive them—online 24/7, in local support groups, in audio and video casts, or in printed materials distributed by DBSA, our chapters, and mental health care facilities across America.

  • https://www.dbsalliance.org/

Disaster Distress (Helpline Offers Immediate Crisis Counseling)

  • 1-800-985-5990 or text "TalkWithUs" to 66746

  • 1-800-985-5990 or text "Hablanos" to 66746 (Spanish)

  • TTY for Deaf/Hearing Impaired:  1-800-846-8517

  • 24-hours-a-day, 7 days a week national hotline dedicated to providing disaster crisis counseling.  Sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin (SAMHSA).

Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

  • Everyone deserves relationships free from domestic violence. When you're ready​, we're here to listen with confidential support 24/7/365.

Emotions Anonymous: http://emotionsanonymous.org/

  • Emotions Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who desire to improve their emotional well-being. EA members are of diverse ages, races, economic status, social and educational backgrounds. EA follows a traditional Twelve Step Program. Emotions Anonymous (EA) has groups in more than 30 countries, with more than 600 active groups, including Skype and phone meetings. Individuals can access information to find in-person, chat, Skype, and phone meetings. EA members come together in weekly meetings for the purpose of working toward recovery from any sort of emotional difficulties.

Grassroots Crisis Line: 410-531-6677

  • We are a 24/7 single point access for behavioral health, crisis and homeless services for individuals and families.

HOFFA Helpline - 240-357-8672

  • We use our HOFFA helpline to provide support to people struggling with addiction. We believe that every person deserves to have someone to call at their lowest moments. To reach the HOFFA Helpline, call 240-357-8672

House of Ruth Maryland - https://hruth.org/

  • House of Ruth Maryland leads the fight to end violence against women and their children by confronting the attitudes, behaviors and systems that perpetuate it, and by providing victims with the services necessary to rebuild their lives safely and free of fear. Today, House of Ruth Maryland is recognized as one of the nation’s most comprehensive domestic violence centers and has a staff of more than ninety. Our voluntary leadership consists of a thirty-member Board of Directors and an Advisory Committee.

Hussman Center for Adults with Autism - www.towson.edu/iwb/centers/hussman

  • The Hussman Center for Adults with Autism is a university-based center dedicated to enriching the lives of adults with autism by promoting inclusive community engagement. Our center is committed to providing cutting-edge programming, training and resources for adults on the autism spectrum, Towson University students, professionals and others in the community.  We offer a variety of programs to over 100 participants. More than 200 Towson University student allies, mentors, and practicum students from 30+ majors are involved in Hussman Center learning experiences each year.

International OCD Foundation: iocdf.org

  • The mission of the IOCDF is to ensure that no one affected by OCD and related disorders suffers alone. Our community provides help, healing, and hope. Our vision is that everyone impacted by OCD and related disorders has immediate access to effective treatment and support. The IOCDF provides up-to-date education and resources, strengthens community engagement, delivers quality professional training, and advances groundbreaking research.

Jewish Community Services: www.jcsbalt.org

  • Jewish Community Services (JCS) is dedicated to providing programs and services that help people of all ages and backgrounds achieve their goals and enhance their wellbeing.  Through our comprehensive array of services, we effectively respond to the diverse needs of individuals, families, and communities in the Greater Baltimore Region.

Mandy’s Line: 1-800-943-0540

  • This new service is for people to call when they’re struggling with a substance use disorder, and just need someone to talk to that has been there and understands. All operators have lived experience with SUD, and can relate to what you’re going through.

Maryland Coalition of Families - www.mdcoalition.org

  • Maryland Coalition of Families provides hope, guidance and support to people who love and care for someone with mental health, substance use or problem gambling challenges.  We have personal experience supporting someone we love so we understand firsthand how difficult it can be to navigate complex systems and access critical resources for ourselves and the people we love.  We also know how comforting it can be to have someone to lean on who is reliable and knowledgeable and who listens with understanding and compassion because they have been there too. As Maryland's primary provider of family peer support, we are your neighbors, living and working in the communities alongside those we help. You may see us at the grocery store, library, dry cleaners or in the pick up line at school at dismissal time. All services - one-to-one support, support groups, workshops or trainings - are confidential and offered at no cost to you regardless of income or insurance.

Maryland’s Helpline: call 211 or text 898-211

  • As a Maryland resident, simply dialing 211 leads to an entire network of free and confidential assistance. Maryland 2-1-1 offers free counseling, treatment programs, free information on mental health and substance abuse, as well as legal services, and much more.

  • If you prefer to use text messaging and go from there, help is available. The state-sponsored program offers a 24/7 text program for any and all mental health or substance abuse needs. Simply text “MDMINDHEALTH” to 898211.

Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-800-422-0009

  • Available 24/7, 365 days a year

  • The Hotline works from anywhere in Maryland, providing immediate assistance form trained local crisis intervention counselors who are familiar with the available resources in the county in which the young person resides. Provides help for problems such as drug and alcohol abuse, physical and sexual abuse, depression, loneliness, relationship difficulties and many other issues.

Mental Health America: 1-800-969-NMHA (6642)

  • Mental Health America (MHA)—founded in 1909—is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all. Our work is driven by our commitment to promote mental health as a critical part of overall wellness, including prevention services for all, early identification and intervention for those at risk, integrated care, services, and supports for those who need it, with recovery as the goal.

National Alliance on Mental Illness HelpLine: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640 or email at helpline@nami.org

  • During this difficult time, the NAMI HelpLine is here for you. HelpLine volunteers are working to answer questions, offer support and provide practical next steps. The NAMI HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m., ET.

  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – Maryland: www.namimd.org

National Alliance for Eating Disorders: 866-662-1235

  • The Alliance is the leading national organization dedicated to the outreach, education, early intervention, support, and advocacy for all eating disorders. The Alliance offers accessible, comprehensive services virtually and in cities across the nation for individuals who are experiencing eating disorders and for their loved ones. All Alliance support groups are free to attend and are facilitated by licensed therapists who are specialized in the treatment of eating disorders, to ensure the groups’ safety is maintained. *Pre-registration is required.* The Alliance’s Pro-Recovery support groups are open to individuals, ages 18+, who are experiencing and/or are on the journey to recovery from an eating disorder. The Alliance’s Friends & Family support groups are open to loved ones of individuals who are experiencing and/or on the journey to recovery.

  • https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)

  • The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization. NCMEC works with families, victims, private industry, law enforcement, and the public to assist with preventing child abductions, recovering missing children, and providing services to deter and combat child sexual exploitation.

  • www.missingkids.org

  • CyberTipline: www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline

National Eating Disorder Association HelpLine: 1-800-931-2237

  • Contact the Helpline (via call or text) for support, resources, and treatment options for yourself or a loved one. Helpline volunteers are trained to help you find the information and support you are looking for. Reach out today! You can call our confidential Helpline Monday-Thursday from 11am to 9pm ET, and Friday from 11am to 5pm ET.

National Law Enforcement Wellness Center at Harbor of Grace 24-hour mobile crisis team - 443-502-8606

  • The National Law Enforcement Wellness Center at Harbor of Grace is the nation’s only 24 hour complimentary mobile crisis intervention team that can be deployed on a moments notice to assist an agency who needs emergency assistance with an officer or first responder in mental health or substance abuse crisis. Our mobile crisis team consists of veteran interventionists, police mobile crisis therapists, EMT’s/medics and negotiators that are expert in de-escalation and substance abuse interventions. Once the initial call is made, we will determine which crisis team member will be deployed that best fits the circumstances.

  • Twenty four hour “tele-psychiatry” assessments are offered by a triple-boarded psychiatrist, for those in need of emergency psychiatric care.

National Maternal Mental Health Hotline: 1-833-943-5746 (1-833-9-HELP4MOMS)

  • Pregnancy and a new baby can bring a range of emotions. Many new moms feel overwhelmed, sad, anxious, or exhausted at different times during their pregnancy or after the baby is born. Sometimes these feelings go away on their own. But if these feelings last for more than two weeks, and make it hard to carry out daily tasks, like caring for themselves or their family, a mom may have perinatal depression or anxiety. These are common and treatable health conditions during or after pregnancy. And that's why a new mom, or those supporting them, should reach out right away for help.

  • The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline provides 24/7, free, confidential support before, during, and after pregnancy. The Hotline offers callers Phone or text access to professional counselors, Real-time support and information, Response within a few minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Resources, Referrals to local and telehealth providers and support groups, Culturally sensitive support, Counselors who speak English and Spanish, Interpreter services in 60 languages.

National Rehab Hotline: 1-866-210-1303

  • Available around the clock, 365 days a year, the National Rehab Hotline is free and confidential. An accredited specialist will answer after a few short rings and be there to help you through a substance abuse or mental health crisis.

National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline: 1-800- 656-HOPE (4673)

  • When you call, you’ll be routed to a local RAINN affiliate organization based on the first six digits of your phone number. Cell phone callers have the option to enter the ZIP code of their current location to more accurately locate the nearest sexual assault service provider.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988

  • 988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. When people call, text, or chat 988, they will be connected to trained counselors that are part of the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network. These trained counselors will listen, understand how their problems are affecting them, provide support, and connect them to resources if necessary.

  • Línea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis - 1-888-628-9454

Never Use Alone Hotline: www.neverusealone.com - 1-800-484-3731

  • If you are going to use by yourself, call us! You will be asked for your first name, location, and the number you are calling from. An operator will stay on the line with you while you use. If you stop responding after using, the operator will notify emergency services of an \"unresponsive person\" at your location.

  • Our mission is to provide a life-saving point of contact for people who use drugs, to help increase their odds of surviving an overdose/fentanyl poisoning. We will never shame, judge, or preach about stopping. If you are interested in getting help, we have resources available for you, but we will never push them on you. It's not up to us to decide when, or even IF you quit, we just want to help keep you alive until that time comes!

On Our Own of Maryland - https://www.onourownmd.org/

  • Phone: 410-540-9020
    Toll-free: 1-800-704-0262
    Fax: 410-540-9024

  • Email: info@onourownmd.org

  • On Our Own of Maryland, Inc. (OOOMD) is a statewide peer-operated behavioral health advocacy and education organization which promotes equality, justice, autonomy, and choice about life decisions for individuals with mental health and substance use needs. We work with peers, service providers, community leaders, local and state political leadership, and professional and community organizations to ensure that behavioral health services and systems are recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, person-centered, and culturally and linguistically responsive. We focus on reducing stigmatizing practices and expanding peer/consumer involvement in mental health and substance use policy and planning at local, state, and national levels.

Parents Helping Parents Stress Line: 1-800-632-8188

  • Free and confidential 24/7

  • The Parent Stress Line is a toll-free, confidential helpline for parents who need to discuss issues related to their children.  Trained volunteer counselors answer the Parental Stress Line and offer support, empathy, encouragement, information, referrals, and crisis intervention. We are here for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.​

Post-Partum Depression HelpLine: 1-800-944-4773

  • When you contact the HelpLine, you will be asked to leave a confidential message and a trained and caring volunteer will return your call or text. They will listen, answer questions, offer encouragement and connect you with local resources as needed.

  • Text in English: 800-944-4773

  • Text en Español:  971-203-7773

RAINN – Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network: www.RAINN.org

  • RAINN is the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country and operates the DoD Safe Helpline for the Department of Defense. RAINN also carries out programs to prevent Sexual violence, help survivors, and ensure that perpetrators are brought to justice.

Real Help For Teens' help line: 1-877-332-7333

SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

  • SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

Self-Harm Hotline: 1 (800) DONT-CUT (366-8288)

  • www.selfinjury.org

Self-Injury Foundation: 1 (800) 334-HELP (4357)

  • Self Injury Foundation's 24-hour national crisis line

SMART Recovery – www.smartrecovery.org

  • Self-Management And Recovery Training (SMART) is a global community of mutual-support groups. At meetings, participants help one another resolve problems with any addiction (to drugs or alcohol or to activities such as gambling or over-eating). Participants find and develop the power within themselves to change and lead fulfilling and balanced lives guided by our science-based and sensible 4-Point Program®.Smoking Cessation Hotline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)

  • A toll-free number operated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that will connect you directly to your state's tobacco quitline.

The CURESZ Foundation - www.curesz.org

  • The CURESZ Foundation provides educational updates to patients, their families, their healthcare professionals and the general public about schizophrenia and how to successfully cope with it and even recover from it. We offer you the information you need to work with your doctor, avoid or emerge from disability, and to achieve the highest level of functioning and quality of life possible. We also provide information about cutting edge and underutilized medications including clozapine for treatment resistance. We highlight stories of twenty-seven” schizophrenia survivors” who are thriving despite schizophrenia.

The Family Tree - www.familytreemd.org

  • The Family Tree’s 24-hour Parenting HelpLine - 800.243.7337

  • Headquartered in Baltimore City with satellite offices in the Greater Baltimore and National Capital areas, we are committed to ensuring every Maryland family has the tools to raise children to become healthy, productive and competent adults. More than 23,000 people each year receive help from The Family Tree through our programs and parenting classes, which are backed by research and proven to be successful.

  • They offer Research-Based Parenting Classes, Circle of Parents support group, anger management classes, free short term child care, and more

togetherAI App (in the Apple and Android App stores) - www.togetherai.com

  • togetherAI is your family mental health and wellbeing companion, created to help children and their parents or caregivers learn about life’s ups and downs, so they can navigate the growing-up journey, together.

  • The app is designed to be used by both children and parents

  • The Kids Zone allows children to create their own artificial intelligence Companion, who will listen, learn and talk about important experiences, feelings and emotions.

  • The Parents Zone gives adults in the family access to high-risk alerts, information and insights into a child's health and wellbeing.

  • All members of a family have access to Family Messaging, empowering the entire family to connect and communicate privately and securely in the app.

  • Parenting Guides provide step-by-step support for life’s most important conversations. Users can initiate a guided chat at the tap of a button or be prompted by the companion when it detects an issue. Topics include anxiety, depression, happiness, sadness, anger management, boredom, attitude, responsibility, motivation, confidence, school, friendships, hygiene, sleep, nutrition, grief, screen time, online safety, bullying, and family values.

Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255, press 1 or text 838255

  • Free, confidential support for Veterans in crisis and their families and friends.

LGBTQ+ RESOURCES

GLAAD — www.glaad.org

  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. “GLAAD works with print, broadcast and online news sources to bring people powerful stories from the LGBT community that build support for equality.”

Glimmer: https://weglimmer.com/

  • Glimmer is a nation-wide safe space where LGBTQIA+, womxn-identifying, and QTBIPOC individuals can be connected to personalized and unique mental health services, cultivate sexual and creative expression, and indulge in a collection of LGBTQIA+ & womxn-made products tailored to them. Our goal is to increase access to personalized mental and sexual health services.

GLSEN — www.glsen.org

  • Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network. “Every day GLSEN works to ensure that LGBT students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment.”

Forge — http://forge-forward.org/

  • Forge is a progressive organization whose mission is to support, educate and advocate for the rights and lives of transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies).  They have recorded webinars on many different issues related to trans* individuals and SOFFAs.

The Fredrick Center - https://thefrederickcenter.org/

  • The Frederick Center is a 501c3 organization that serves the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) communities. Since its inception, The Frederick Center has grown into a well-respected organization advocating and supporting our community which now proudly bolsters over 500 program events each year. The Frederick Center exists to support and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people and our families so we thrive, accepted and affirmed, in the broader Frederick community.

It Gets Better Project — www.itgetsbetter.org

  • The It Gets Better Project’s mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force — http://www.thetaskforce.org/

  • The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up. They also run Creating Change the “largest annual gathering of LGBTQ activists, organizers, and leaders within the LGBT movement” in the US.

National Center for Transgender Equality — https://transequality.org/

  • The nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people.

The “Not All Like That” (NALT) Project – http://notalllikethat.org

  • Videos of (awesome) Christians (mostly families) explaining how they fully support LGBTQ people and that being Christian shouldn’t mean being anti-gay.

PFLAG —www.pflag.org

  • Parents, Families, Friends, and Allies United with LGBT People to Move Equality Forward.

PFLAG Westminster – Carroll County – https://www.pflagwcc.org/

  • We are a locally based, non-political, non-profit organization composed entirely of volunteers, working to provide a safe and confidential space for the LGBTQIA+ community. Our PFLAG family is made up of all ages, sexual orientations and gender identities. We don’t just celebrate diversity …we are diversity!

  • OUR PFLAG CHAPTER MISSION

  • The mission of PFLAG Westminster Carroll County is to welcome all people - gay, straight, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and their families, friends, and allies. Together, we support each other, educate the broader community, and advocate for equality. We exist to promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and sexual/gender expansive persons, their families and friends through SUPPORT – to cope with an adverse society, EDUCATION – to enlighten an ill-informed public, and ADVOCACY – to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

The Pride Center – https://www.pridecentermd.org/

  • The Pride Center of Maryland offers over 30 programs and services that reflect our dedication to ensuring Maryland’s sexual and gender minority community have equal access to care, services, and a space where they can be their authentic selves. Each year, we serve thousands of Maryland residents in order to fulfill our commitment of uniting, empowering, and advocating on behalf of sexual and gender minorities of Baltimore and Central Maryland.

Religious Institute — http://www.religiousinstitute.org

  • A multifaith organization dedicated to advocating for sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society.

Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860

  • Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization/peer support service that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive. Translifeline.org

Transgender Law Center — https://transgenderlawcenter.org/

  • The largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.

The Trevor Project - https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/

  • Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth.

  • Online resource for information about sexual orientation, mental health, gender identity, finding community, and diversity/intersectionality

TrevorSpace – https://www.trevorspace.org/register

  • With 98% of LGBTQ young people saying a safe social networking site would be valuable to them, we’re proud to offer TrevorSpace, an affirming, online community for LGBTQ young people between the ages of 13-24. TrevorSpace helps young people explore their identities, get advice, find support, and make friends in a moderated community intentionally designed for them.

The Trevor Project TrevorLifeline: 1-866-488-7386

  • TrevorLifeline is a crisis intervention and suicide prevention service available 24/7/365 for LGBTQ+ individuals

The Trevor Project TrevorText: Text “START” to 678-678

  • TrevorText is a service for confidential text messaging with a Trevor counselor available 24/7/365 for LGBTQ+ individuals