Resources
Our goal is to help texters move from hot moments to a cool calm. Sometimes, that means we give our texters a resource – like a breathing GIF to help them slow down or a link to finding a support group near them.
Disclaimer
While Crisis Text Line uses reasonable efforts to vet resources listed below according to established criteria (including but not limited to nondiscrimination based on protected classes or immutable characteristics), listing such resources does not indicate or imply endorsement of the third-party provider or its services by Crisis Text Line. Crisis Text Line is not responsible for the content of or service provided by any of these resources.
Criteria for Resources
It’s important to us that we send our texters the best resource. We aim to provide resources that are accessible, inclusive, and free or affordable. So, a team of dedicated staff and Crisis Counselors put a lot of time, energy, and love into defining quality. Hard to appreciate what you can’t measure, right?
Crisis Text Line offers resources that:
- Are free, low cost, or sliding scale and don’t contain hidden services or subscription fees.
- Are not for-profits.
- Provide unique, specialized information that is highly beneficial to someone in crisis.
- Cite reputable sources.**
- Don’t discriminate based on age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation, etc.
- Are not independent private practitioners, including but not limited to: therapists, counselors, doctors, lawyers.
- Are not privately-run or -owned blogs or businesses.
- Are iOS and Android compatible.
- Are not duplicative of our existing resources.
**The source is considered reputable if it’s from 1) a 501(c)(3) organization or municipal, state, or federal agency that provides social, educational, or health and human services; or 2) is a for-profit health and/or human services organization that is not eligible for 501(c)(3) status but meets all state licensing requirements, such as hospitals, health clinics, substance use disorder treatment programs, that offer services at no cost, or community counseling agencies that offer services at no cost.
We’re always growing our resource database. If you provide a global service and would like to be considered for this database, please fill out this form. If your service is in Spanish, please complete this form.
Below is a list of our US-based resources. Please see this list for support internationally.
Resources for Abuse
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Males | Website | Informative | Provides support for males who have been sexually abused.
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For: All ages | App | Immediate Support | Helps to prevent domestic violence by allowing users to call for help with the touch of a button, while posing as a news app.
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For: Teens & Young adults | Website | Advocacy | Provides dating abuse programs and peer support via text for young people ages 12 to 24. Also gives information on navigating the justice system and finding safety.
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For: Teens & Adults | Website | Informative | Provides information and resources about relationship abuse, sexual assault, gender violence, barriers for leaving, and safety planning.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative/Support | Provides parents and teachers with resources, training and support for child abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment.
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For: Teens | Information | Support | Shares resources, support, and information on various cyber issues including revenge porn, doxxing, cyberbullying, gaming addictions, cyber abuse and harassment, swatting, and online security.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides support for victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the deaf community. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Adults | Forum | Support | Offers an online community and resources for survivors of trauma, abuse, sexual assault, and more. Also provides resources for resulting mental health issues, like dissociative Identity disorder, addiction, and PTSD.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and readings for 21 topics for teens, adults, parents, and elderly (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved).
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For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Provides a guide to help a friend or family member support someone who is struggling in their relationship as well as take care of yourself while doing it. Best for third party conversations.
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For: Adults | Support | Life After Hate is committed to helping people leave the violent far-right to connect with humanity and lead compassionate lives.
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For: All Ages | App | Interactive | Offers intimate partner violence safety planning with personalized safety information and resources for self or someone else in an abusive relationship.
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For: Adults | Website | Support & Resources | Provides information about protective services and reporting abuse for senior adults and adults with disabilities.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Offers education, support, and community to address issues related to childhood abuse and trauma including: sexual assault, violent or physical abuse, emotional trauma and neglect.
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For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Provides information, local help, and strategies for parents, children, and professionals in order to prevent or intervene when child abuse occurs.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Immediate Support | Offers 24/7 help for domestic assault victims over the phone, and has information on how to recognize and prevent domestic abuse. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Offers a crisis hotline and resource directory serving victims and survivors of human trafficking. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: All Ages | Website | Support and Informative | Provides information, resources and confidential hotline for survivors of sexual assault. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Teens | Support | SafeBAE is a student-founded, student-led organization whose mission is to end sexual violence among middle and high school students. SafeBAE provides information on safe bystander intervention, dating and sexual violence, affirmative consent, and survivor care.
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For: Adults | Website | Immediate Support | Provides immediate help for adults to intervene to stop child sexual abuse, and information to prevent child sexual abuse from occurring. Also helpful for perpetrators/abusers.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Advocates for leadership and prevention of sexual violence through their resources and media centers.
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For: All Ages | Website | Immediate Support | Offers a safe domestic, dating, and sexual violence helpline for American Indians and Alaska Natives, offering culturally-appropriate support and advocacy daily from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT. Anonymous and confidential. 1-844-7NATIVE (762-8483)
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For: Adults | PDF | Interactive | Offers a workbook for survivors of domestic abuse that can help track progress, practice ways to calm down, and teach the basics of self-care while healing.
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Shares communication techniques, coping skills, and helpful tools for what to do when a loved one sides with white supremacists.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Provides legal information for male and female survivors of domestic or sexual abuse including: pressing charges in criminal and civil court, what to expect in court, obtaining restraining orders, and finding a lawyer.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support | Provides legal information, safety planning, and direct contacts to immediate help for survivors of abuse or harassment in the workplace.
Resources for Anxiety and Stress
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For: All Ages | PDF | Coping Skill/Immediate Support | Leads texter through a five step grounding exercise to find calm.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides techniques to help with anger management and expressing feelings.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Promotes prevention, treatment and support for anxiety, depression, stress, suicide, and co-occurring disorders.
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For: All Ages | Website | Coping Skill | Provides audio files for guided relaxation, meditation, mindfulness, and imagery exercises.
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For: All Ages | PDF | Interactive | Offers a worksheet for those struggling with anxiety and exaggerating their problems, by addressing irrational thoughts.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on teaching people strategies to help them live their best and most productive life. DBT is often used to help people with depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorders, addictions, eating disorder, and PTSD.
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For: All ages | PDF | Informative | Offers guidance on handling and accepting situations that are out of our control.
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For: Adults & Teens | PDF | Worksheet Educates and puts into practice the use of grounding techniques during a heated moment.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and readings for 21 topics for teens, adults, parents, and elderly (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved).
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For: All Ages | Directory | Informative | Provides a national directory of homeless shelters, dental/medical clinics, rent assistance, relief organizations, women's shelters, soup kitchens, food banks, etc., for people experiencing homelessness or housing/food insecurity.
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For: Kids, Teens, & Parents | Website | Informative | Informs teens, kids, and parents about physical and mental health, wellness, relationships, puberty, studying, sports, nutrition, self esteem, and more.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Offers information and specific strategies to support children who have faced trauma, with links to trauma recovery resources
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For: Teens & Adults | Interactive | App Provides users with a planner for school and allows them to gain organizational and time management skills.
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For: Adults | Interactive | Immediate Support | Provides a 24 hour helpline for parents who need to discuss issues related to their children. Translators available to support all languages.
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For: All Ages | Website | Coping Skill | Offers an interactive, 60-second meditation tool to communicate worries and release bothersome thoughts. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Adults & Teens | App | Advocacy & Support | Provides people with PTSD with information, treatment options, symptom tracking, and coping skills.
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For: Adults and Teens | App | Interactive | Facilitates self-help for anxiety with resources to build one's own Anxiety Toolkit through an app for iOS and Android.
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For: All Ages | App | Coping Skill | Provides short activities to guide people through meditation and grounding for mindfulness and self-regulation.
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For: Adults & Teens| PDF | Informative | Educates readers on techniques for managing negative thoughts.
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For: Adults & Teens | App | Informative | Provides tips, resources, and free text messages for pregnant women and new mothers, available for both iOS and Android.
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For: 18+ | App | Coping Skill | Provides support for people with depression or anxiety. Provides daily check-ins and lessons to help them change some of their thought patterns.
Resources for Bullying
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For: All Ages l Website l Support/Advocacy | Provides victims of non-consensual pornography, revenge porn and other forms of online abuse with legal information and advocacy resources. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Educates people with disabilities on: civil rights, benefits, employment, emergency preparedness, housing, technology, and transportation.
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For: Teens | Females | Website | Informative | Teaches girls about health and well-being, relationships (including family), bullying, illness, and disabilities.
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For: Kids, Teens, & Parents | Website | Informative | Informs teens, kids, and parents about physical and mental health, wellness, relationships, puberty, studying, sports, nutrition, self esteem, and more.
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For: Teens | Website | Informative/Advocacy | Provides information and advocacy resources for victims of bullying, cyberbullying, sexting, and other forms of peer abuse.
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For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Provides legal information and coping resources for victims of online privacy violations and harassment. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support | Provides legal information, safety planning, and direct contacts to immediate help for survivors of abuse or harassment in the workplace.
Resources for COVID-19
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For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Workbook that offers a step-by-step self-care guide with antidepressant skills for individuals managing depression or concerned family members, friends, or partners.
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For: Teens | PDF | Informative | Interactive workbook that offers a step-by-step self-care guide with antidepressant skills for teens managing depression or concerned family members, friends, or partners.
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For: All Ages | Directory | Service | Connects people to local resources and support (similar to 211), with the ability to search for low-cost care options.
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For: All Ages | GIF | Immediate Support | Leads viewer through a breathing exercise following an animated visual aid. Helpful for anxiety or panic attacks.
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For: 13+ Years old | Directory | Interactive | Provides a list of clinics, hospitals, doctors offices, and pop-up testing centers currently offering COVID-19 testing.
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For: Adults & Teens | Directory Search | Informative | Provides resources and guides for unemployment insurance benefits, career exploration, job training, as well as job searching.
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For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Educates parents and caregivers on the coronavirus, how to protect, and care for their family and children, as well as how to cope with stress and anxiety.
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For: All ages | Website | Informative | Offers guides on healthy living, healthy traveling, and emergency preparedness with up-to-date information on current threats to health and local clinics.
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For: All Ages | Informative | Offers tips, tools, and resources to move beyond those moments of “just dealing” during the COVID-19 epidemic.
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For: All Ages | Website | Interactive | Provides a screening tool based on CDC guidelines to assess for COVID-19. When the screening is complete, it gives recommendations for care.
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For: Kids | PDF | Informative | Educates children on the coronavirus, how it’s spread, and how to slow the spread.
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For: All ages | App | Interactive | Provides an app that offers tools and resources to help everyone, including Veterans and Servicemembers, to support self-care and overall mental health during. COVID-19.
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For: Adults | Interactive | Service | Provides free tax filing assistance to families earning less than $66,000 a year.
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For: Adults | Support | Provides delivery and support in communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Allows sign-ups for volunteers.
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For: All Ages | Directory | Informative l Provides a national directory of homeless shelters, Low Income and Affordable Housing, dental/medical clinics, rent assistance, relief organizations, soup kitchens, and food banks.
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For: All ages | Website | Service | Provides free education on math, science, programming, animation, etc. Also provides courses and schedules for homeschooling pre-school through 12th grade.
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For: All Ages | Interactive | Service | Facilitates the sharing and doing of acts of kindness both digital and real for those looking for connection and a happier world.
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For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Educates survivors of sexual assault on self-care and survival during COVID-19. Also provides information for third parties looking to support a survivor.
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For: Adults | Website | Service | Facilitates a fast and simplified process for qualifying for food stamps via their website or text (Text the word SNAP to 74544).
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For: All Ages | Website | Coping Skill | Offers an interactive, 60-second meditation tool to communicate worries and release bothersome thoughts. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Adults & Teens | App | Service | Manages information about personal bills and paycheck schedules to help keep track of personal expenses and assist with budgeting and financial planning.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Provides confidential, 24/7 peer to peer support, comprehensive care management, and resources for veterans and their families. Ideal for support with finances, mental health, homelessness, disability claims, employment, education, and legal issues.
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For: Adults | Website | Resources | Provides resources about keeping up with school closures, finding food for children out of school, home schooling, childcare resources, and staying connected socially. Also offers a free hotline (call or text).
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For: Adults and Teens | App | Interactive | Facilitates self-help for anxiety with resources to build one's own Anxiety Toolkit through an app for iOS and Android.
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For: All ages | Website | Informative | Promotes health and addresses health topics to inform individuals about proper care options.
Resources for Depression and Sadness
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For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Workbook that offers a step-by-step self-care guide with antidepressant skills for individuals managing depression or concerned family members, friends, or partners.
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For: Teens | PDF | Informative | Interactive workbook that offers a step-by-step self-care guide with antidepressant skills for teens managing depression or concerned family members, friends, or partners.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Promotes prevention, treatment and support for anxiety, depression, stress, suicide, and co-occurring disorders.
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For: Elderly Adults | Website | Directory/Search | Support | Provides resources that meet the needs of Elderly adults who are isolated or lonely, by building social connections in the form of social activities, volunteering, learning, wellness, etc. Resources regarding transportation, money, food, and more are also available.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support | Provides support, education, and resources to improve the lives of people with depression and bipolar disorder as well as support and resources for family, friends, and professionals.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Offers information on a wide variety of struggles that young people face and connects students with resources to decrease stigma and encourage healthy dialogue.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Offers informative resources for men with depression and third party friends and family who want to support them.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and readings for 21 topics for teens, adults, parents, and elderly (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved).
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For Adults & Teens | Website | Advocacy & Informative | Yes Mobile Ready .... Learn more about bipolar disorder and get connected to free program and services.
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For: Adults | Website | Advocacy | Provides education, resources, and screenings to detect mental illness and to those living with mental illness.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Advocacy | Provides education, information, and advocacy for those affected by mental illness including a HelpLine for symptom checking, treatment options, local support and services, job services, and legal issues.
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For: Adults | Support | Information | PostpartumDepression.org supports families affected by postpartum depression, as well as provides education, local services, and online support groups.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Provides information about postpartum life and complications, including loss of a child, and other related struggles.
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For All Ages | PDF | Interactive | Offers an activity for coping with and conquering negative thoughts.
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For: College Students | Website | Support | Provides information about mental health, college specific local resources, and advice for how to help a friend in need of support.
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For: All Ages | App | Support | Assists with coping with depression, anxiety, and stress. Also includes grounding and breathing techniques and tracking negative thoughts and habits. Offers a forum to connect with others.
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For: 18+ | App | Coping Skill | Provides support for people with depression or anxiety. Provides daily check-ins and lessons to help them change some of their thought patterns.
Resources for Eating and Body Image
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For:Adults & Teens| Forum | Support |Offers online and live communities who support each other in their struggle to recover from eating disorders.12 Step style.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Offers information on a wide variety of struggles that young people face and connects students with resources to decrease stigma and encourage healthy dialogue.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Supports and educates individuals struggling with eating disorders and their families. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Advocates for individuals and families affected by eating disorders.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides addiction recovery support through the practice of Buddhist teachings and meditations via both in-person and online meetings. Support is for any addictive behavior (substance use or process addictions like codependency, eating disorders, any obsessive or habitual pattern that creates suffering).
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For: Adults & Teens | App | Interactive | Supports recovery and tracks progress for people with eating disorders by providing self-monitoring, goals, coping tactics, meal planning, rewards and affirmations, and connection.
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For: College Students | Website | Support | Provides information about mental health, college specific local resources, and advice for how to help a friend in need of support.
Resources for Gender and Sexuality
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For: All Ages | PDF | Informative | Helps readers explore their sexual identity and provides tools and questions to help determine what it might be like to share their identity with others.
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For All Ages | Website | Advocacy and Support | Offers resources for LGBTQ+ community members, emergency assistance, legal name changes, and same sex marriage support.
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For: All Ages | Directory/Search | Support | Provides an online database for finding GLTBQ-friendly resources and support in your area.
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For: Teens & Kids | Website | Support | Provides inspirational videos to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth around the world that it gets better.
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For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Provides information about legal rights for LGBTQIA people and their families on a national and state-by-state basis.
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For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Provides information and multi-level resources about transgender people and issues such as healthcare, homelessness, and civil rights.
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For: All ages | directory | Support | Offers a directory of Queer and Trans therapists of color, as well as a mental health fund for assisting Queer and Trans people of color pay for their treatment.
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For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative| Provides information on how to support friends and family members who are Transgender and Gender Expansive.
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For: All Ages | Database | Information | OutCare provides extensive information and education on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) healthcare. Connects to affirming healthcare providers.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Provides LGBTQ community and their loved ones with information, tools, resources, advocacy, education and support. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: Teens & Adults | Website | Service | Offers an annual transgender surgery fund, a free chest binder donation program, a free trans femme shapewear Program, an electrolysis financial support program, and other community-building support initiatives for trans teens and adults.
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For: Older Adults | Advocacy | Immediate Support | Leads in addressing issues related to LGBTQIA+ aging. SAGE works to achieve a high quality of life for LGBTQIA+ older people, supports and advocates for their rights, fosters a greater understanding of aging in all communities and promotes positive images of LGBTQIA+ life in later years.
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For: Teens & Adults | Service | Provides job seeker resources to trans people looking for affirming employers.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support & Informative | Provides crisis intervention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth, including a 24/7 hotline and textline.
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For: Ages 13-24 | Forum | Support | Connects LGBTQ youth to peer support and community through online forums. Must provide email address to join.
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For: All Ages | Informative | Website | Provides resources for Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ individuals and loved ones (third party) within the American Indian/Alaska Native community. Includes information on finding a provider, community support, mental health care, and legal rights.
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For: Teens | Forum | Support | Offers moderated online chat groups for LGBTQ+ teens ages 13 to 19.
Resources for Grief
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Supports individuals who suddenly lost a loved one with: making burial arrangements, a timeline of events, resource library, live support, a family web page, and more.
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For: Teens + Adults | PDF | Informative | Provides information for caring for ones self before, during, and after an abortion or miscarriage.
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For: All Ages | Website | Forum | Support | Offers a space for mothers and fathers who have experienced a miscarriage or infertility issues to share and grieve their loss. Additional info for third parties to support friends who suffer a loss.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and readings for 21 topics for teens, adults, parents, and elderly (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved).
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides resources for children and families coping with grief and addiction. Includes information about free camps for kids and teens affected by these issues.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides information on supporting children through grief, including a national database of grief support programs, camps, and community resources.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Provides information about postpartum life and complications, including loss of a child, and other related struggles.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Interactive | Grief support community with forums and memorials for those mourning the loss of a pet.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative & Advocacy | Provides support groups for suicide loss survivors, as well as resources about suicide and finding help for yourself or others.
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For: Children & Teens | App | Support | Provides an interactive way to record memories, send gifts, and write thoughts, feelings and emotions. Also offers tips on how to manage feelings associated with grief.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides support for family members who have lost a child at any age. Offers local and virtual chapter meetings. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides information on grieving and ways to find local support groups, especially for children and teens and their families.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides information and resources for people who have experienced loss, terminal illness, abuse, or other trauma. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: All Ages | Support | Promotes grief education, exploration, and expression in both practical and creative ways including brochures, webinars, a podcast, and booklets.
Resources Internationally
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Find local support outside the United States.
Resources for Isolation and Loneliness
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For: Elderly Adults | Website | Directory/Search | Support | Provides resources that meet the needs of Elderly adults who are isolated or lonely, by building social connections in the form of social activities, volunteering, learning, wellness, etc. Resources regarding transportation, money, food, and more are also available.
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For: Teens | Website | Advocacy | Connects young people with volunteer opportunities and campaigns on a wide range of community-related topics.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and readings for 21 topics for teens, adults, parents, and elderly (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved).
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For: All Ages | Interactive | Service | Facilitates the sharing and doing of acts of kindness both digital and real for those looking for connection and a happier world.
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For: Adults & Teens | Directory/Search | Support | Helps find and connect with local groups of people who share common interests. Requires email or Facebook account to sign up. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: All Ages | App | Support | Assists with coping with depression, anxiety, and stress. Also includes grounding and breathing techniques and tracking negative thoughts and habits. Offers a forum to connect with others.
Resources for Relationships
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Adults | Website | Informative | Offers resources for parents about common issues they might face when raising children.
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For: Adults & Children | Website | Informative | Provides information to parents with mental illness, family and friends, professionals, and young people who have parents with mental illness on how to cope or help in this situation.
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For: All Ages | PDF | Informative | Helps readers explore their sexual identity and provides tools and questions to help determine what it might be like to share their identity with others.
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For: All Ages | PDF | Informative | Provides examples of healthy and unhealthy conflict management skills and steps to address issues in personal and professional relationships.
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For: Elderly Adults | Website | Directory/Search | Support | Provides resources that meet the needs of Elderly adults who are isolated or lonely, by building social connections in the form of social activities, volunteering, learning, wellness, etc. Resources regarding transportation, money, food, and more are also available.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Offers information on a wide variety of struggles that young people face and connects students with resources to decrease stigma and encourage healthy dialogue.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and readings for 21 topics for teens, adults, parents, and elderly (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved).
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For: All Ages | PDF | Informative | Teaches about boundaries in relationships, the roles they can play, and tips on how to set them.
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For: All Ages | PDF | Informative | Provides information for parents in crisis about state-to-state infant safe haven laws that allow them to safely relinquish their babies when they can no longer care for them.
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For: Kids, Teens, & Parents | Website | Informative | Informs teens, kids, and parents about physical and mental health, wellness, relationships, puberty, studying, sports, nutrition, self esteem, and more.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Educates young people to prevent and end abusive relationships by offering support and resources. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: All Ages | App | Interactive | Offers intimate partner violence safety planning with personalized safety information and resources for self or someone else in an abusive relationship.
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For: Teens & Adults | PDF | Informative| Provides information on how to support friends and family members who are Transgender and Gender Expansive.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides addiction recovery support through the practice of Buddhist teachings and meditations via both in-person and online meetings. Support is for any addictive behavior (substance use or process addictions like codependency, relationships, or any obsessive or habitual pattern that creates suffering).
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For: Teens | Website | Informative | Provides inclusive and comprehensive information for teens and young adults on sexuality, relationships, and sex.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Offers self care help for individuals going through a divorce and other resources for support.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Offers information and help locating local meetings of this 12-step program for people trying to overcome sex addiction.
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For: Adults & Teens | PDF | Informative | Provides strategies to cope with a relationship break-up.
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For: Teens | Website | Informative | Provides tips and a letter template for addressing common mental health concerns with parents.
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For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Educates parents on understanding, managing, and treating self harm in children.
Resources for Self-Harm
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For: All-Ages | PDF | Support | Provides an interactive list and print-out of 99 coping skills and strategies.
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For: Teens | App | Service | Offers timed activities to help resist or manage self-harm urges with the ability to log completed activities and track progress.
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For: All Ages | PDF | Informative | Provides distraction techniques and alternative coping skills for dealing with self-harm. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and readings for 21 topics for teens, adults, parents, and elderly (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved).
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For: All Ages | PDF | Informative | Provides information on cutting and self-harm, including identifying triggers, finding new coping techniques, and how to support a loved one who cuts or self-harms.
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For: Adults & Teens| PDF | Informative | Educates readers on techniques for managing negative thoughts.
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For: College Students | Website | Support | Provides information about mental health, college specific local resources, and advice for how to help a friend in need of support.
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For: All ages | Website | Hotline | APP | Offers an interactive website, hotline, and app triage tool that guides users faced with a poison emergency.
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For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Educates parents on understanding, managing, and treating self harm in children.
Resources for Substance Use
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Service | Helps family and friends recover from the effects of someone else's drinking through a 12-step program, including regular attendance at group meetings.
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For: Adults | Website | Service | Provides support for individuals who have struggled with drinking through a 12-step program including regular attendance at group meetings.
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For: Adults | Website | Immediate Support | Provides immediate assistance for people seeking help with substance abuse via chat and hotline, and provides online support communities for those in recovery. This including all 12 step, non-12 Step, wellness, and mental health modalities.
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For: Teens | Website | Informative | Provides facts about different drugs and drug abuse, addresses common myths, and includes advice and stories from teens about drugs.
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For: Kids, Teens, & Parents | Website | Informative | Informs teens, kids, and parents about physical and mental health, wellness, relationships, puberty, studying, sports, nutrition, self esteem, and more.
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For: Adults | Website | Service | Provides support for family and friends of addicts, specifically through group meetings that focus on a 12-step program.
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For: Adults | Website | Service | Provides support for individuals who are recovering from drug addiction through a 12-step program including regular attendance at group meetings.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Provides drug education for teens, parents and educators, as well as information about what to do if you or someone you know has a problem with drugs.
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For: Teens | Adults | Hotline | Immediate Support | Provides a non-judgemental service for those who seek to use drugs alone. The hotline will ask for the caller's exact location and send emergency support if the caller is unresponsive after using drugs.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides support for those recovering from alcoholism through online support groups and online meetings. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved.)
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Provides information and support for families struggling with their child's substance abuse.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Provides addiction recovery support through the practice of Buddhist teachings and meditations via both in-person and online meetings. Support is for any addictive behavior (substance use or process addictions like codependency or any obsessive or habitual pattern that creates suffering).
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For: Teens & Adults | Directory | Website | Provides a directory for locating Behavioral Health Treatment Services for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Directory/Search | Provides information and support aimed to reduce the impact of substance abuse.
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For: College Students | Website | Support | Provides information about mental health, college specific local resources, and advice for how to help a friend in need of support.
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For: All ages | Website | Hotline | APP | Offers an interactive website, hotline, and app triage tool that guides users faced with a poison emergency.
Resources for Suicide
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For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Provides resources for those affected by suicide through research, education, and advocacy. (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: All Ages l PDF l Interactive l Guides you through a step by step worksheet on how to safety plan for those with suicidal thoughts.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides evidence-based articles, self-help tools, and readings for 21 topics for teens, adults, parents, and elderly (Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing approved).
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For: Teens | Website | Informative | Promotes suicide prevention by teaching teens and young adults the skills and support to grow into healthy adults.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support/Informative | Offers an interactive tool for third parties to help recognize the signs of suicidal ideation and helpful phrases for talking to someone about suicide.
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For: Adults | Website | Service | Provides free 24/7 confidential crisis intervention and suicide prevention focused on military-specific issues. Dial (888) 457-4838 or text MIL1 to 839863.
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For: Adults & Teens | App | Support | Helps create a safety plan for those experiencing suicidal thoughts, including defining their network and their plan to stay safe.
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For: All Ages l Website and Hotline l Service l Provides free, 24/7 confidential support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress through a hotline. **TEXTERS ONLY REFERRED IF THEY PREFER TO TALK RATHER THAN TEXT**
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All ages l Website l Informative l An online resource that provides support for coping with suicidal thoughts through teaching skills based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Includes videos of personal stories.
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Adults | App | Advocacy Service Support | Connects veterans, service members, their families, and caregivers to peer support via voice, video, and text. Also provides free access to wellness resources such as yoga and meditation.
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For: All ages | PDF | Informative | Offers a step by step guide to report suicidal content on all social media platforms.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative & Advocacy | Provides support groups for suicide loss survivors, as well as resources about suicide and finding help for yourself or others.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides free, online resources for suicide attempt survivors, as well as those looking to help a survivor of suicide.
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For: College Students | Website | Support | Provides information about mental health, college specific local resources, and advice for how to help a friend in need of support.
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For: All ages | Website | Hotline | APP | Offers an interactive website, hotline, and app triage tool that guides users faced with a poison emergency.
General/Miscellaneous
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For: Adults & Teens | Directory | Service | Connects people with local resources and assistance. Text zip code to 898211.
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For: All Ages | Directory | Service | Connects people in Puerto Rico with local affordable resources.
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For: All-Ages | PDF | Support | Provides an interactive list and print-out of 99 coping skills and strategies.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Empowers college students to speak out about mental illness and offers resources and ways to help self and others.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Information | Offers resources, support, and evidence-based education on those affected by Alzheimer's or related dementia.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides information and fun, animated videos that answer questions about sex, the body, and relationships. Helpful for kids, teens, educators, parents, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Offers treatment, low-cost resources, and support to people with cancer and their loved ones.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative & Support | Offers peer support and education on pain management skills for people with chronic pain, their family and friends, and health care professionals. Also provides info on finding clinical trials.
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For: All Ages | Information | Support | Offers education, information, and resources for those affected by diabetes.
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For: Adults | Website | Service | Provides assistance to families in crisis, emergency preparedness, and disaster relief assistance.
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For: All Ages | Interactive | PDF| Offers a way to reflect on how we responded when we were angry and identify triggers in order to prevent future outbursts.
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Adults | Website | Informative | Offers resources for parents about common issues they might face when raising children.
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For: All Ages | Directory | Service | Connects people to local resources and support (similar to 211), with the ability to search for low-cost care options.
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For: All Ages | Directory | Support | Offers a comprehensive database of resources for services related to support individuals with autism and their families.
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For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Advocates for the disability rights movement with regard to autism. Also offers resources and education.
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For: College students | Website | Informative | Educates college students on balancing work and school life by prioritizing and using self care.
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For: All Ages | GIF | Immediate Support | Leads viewer through a breathing exercise following an animated visual aid. Helpful for anxiety or panic attacks.
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For: All Ages | PDF | Support | Teaches self-esteem building exercises, coping skills, and provides basic information about related issues like depression.
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For: Adults & Teens | Directory Search | Informative | Provides resources and guides for career exploration, training, as well as jobs available sorted by location and job type.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Provides education, peer support, and resources to people who care for loved ones with chronic conditions, disabilities, disease, or old age.
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For: Teens & Adults | Website | Interactive | Offers a workbook, worksheets, and info sheets on improving self esteem. Also provides a range of information sheets about psychological disorders for one's self and others.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Service | Connects families to local child care, including resources for financial assistance, health and social services with respect to child care.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Offers information about children's mental health issues for parents and educators, including a symptom checker for a wide range of disorders and info for military families.
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For: All Ages | Support | Information | Provides local support, helpful info, and online communities to those who suffer from Chron's, IBD, and Colitis.
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For: Adults | Support | Clutterers Anonymous offers support groups to those who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem with clutter and help each other to recover.
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For: Elderly Adults | Website | Directory/Search | Support | Provides resources that meet the needs of Elderly adults who are isolated or lonely, by building social connections in the form of social activities, volunteering, learning, wellness, etc. Resources regarding transportation, money, food, and more are also available.
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For: Adults | PDF | Informative | Provides information on how to manage debt via self-help, debt relief services, debt consolidation, or bankruptcy.
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For: All Ages | Interactive | Support | Us! Provides free, 24/7 crisis support through SMS text messaging.
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For: Adults | Forum | Interactive | Provides support groups for individuals who struggle with emotional problems through a 12-step program.
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For: Adults | Immediate Support | Hotline | Empower Work is a support text line that provides free, immediate, and confidential support for people facing tough, non-legal work situations.
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For: All Ages | Support | Information | The Epilepsy Foundation provides community services, public education, federal and local advocacy, and seizure first aid training to those affected by epilepsy-related disorders.
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For: All Ages | Directory/Search | Offers a Zip-code based directory of food banks in the US for people in need.
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For: Teens | Females | Website | Informative | Teaches girls about health and well-being, relationships (including family), bullying, illness, and disabilities.
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For: All Ages | Directory/Search | Support | Connects military members and their families with resources including free mental health services donated by private practitioners.
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For: All ages | PDF | Interactive | Helps users break down large goals into smaller, more manageable tasks. Beneficial when feeling overwhelmed and unsure where to start.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Provides a list of practices for mindfulness, self-compassion, forgiveness, parenting, happiness, gratitude, stress relief, and more.
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For: All Ages | APP | Interactive | Provides a free habit-building and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. With in-game rewards and punishments to motivate you to complete tasks in your life.
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For: Adults | Website | Affordable Healthcare | Provides services relating to obtaining health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Provides resources to parents and others to assist them in promoting strength, health and well-being among youth of color.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Helps to find local support groups for those hearing voices.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Provides information about government programs that help with bill payment and temporary assistance.
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For: Adults | Website | Affordable Healthcare | Provides a database of public health centers funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services to give access to healthcare for economically or medically vulnerable populations.
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For: All Ages l Directory/Search l Informative l Directory for locating national homeless assistance through the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. 24/7 hotline also available specifically for homeless veterans.
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For: All ages | Directory | Service | Provides a directory of Indian Health Service, Tribal or Urban Indian Health Program facilities through The Federal Health Program for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Connects individuals affected by OCD and related disorders to support, information, and resources to live full and productive lives.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Provides previously incarcerated individuals with resources needed to find employment. Also includes a directory for free or low-cost tattoo removal services and free interview clothes.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Provides free and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues.
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For: Ages 16-24 l Website l Service l Provides free residential education and career training. Students can earn a high school diploma or the equivalent, and college credits. Job Corps offers tuition-free housing, meals, basic health care, a living allowance, and career transition assistance.
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For: Teens | Informative & Interactive | PDF | Educates young people about stress, triggers, and stress management. At the end, a worksheet is provided to create a personal stress and self care management plan.
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For: All ages | Website | Service | Provides free education on math, science, programming, animation, etc. Backed by: NASA, MIT, and Modern Museum of Art with free academic content (K-college).
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Provides referrals to local legal aid and public interest law offices, basic information about legal rights, court forms, court information and more in your state.
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For: Teens | Adults | Support Groups | Offers online video support groups moderated by trained peer volunteers.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Offers workbooks for self-guided techniques to improve mental health. Topics include: assertiveness, sleep, procrastination, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, self-compassion, body dysmorphia, perfectionism, and more.
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For: All Ages | Informative | Support | Encourages healthy, open dialogue of South Asian mental health issues in an effort to remove stigma, improve awareness and promote self-care.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Offers options, info, and resources for someone looking to support a third party who is in crisis now or dealing with long-term issues.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Advocacy | Mijente helps people effect gender, racial, economic, and environmental change through campaigns, connecting people across a wide network that serves as a hub for culture, learning and advocacy.
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For: Current military or up to one year post separation/retirement | Website | Support | Offers community resources via the website and hotline that serves all of Department of Defense, Active Duty Military, National Guard, and Reserve personnel and their direct family members.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Provides short-term financial assistance to individuals and families in temporary crisis who are ineligible for conventional financial assistance.
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For: Adults | Website | Service | Facilitates a fast and simplified process for qualifying for food stamps.
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For: Teens & Adults | Interactive | App Provides users with a planner for school and allows them to gain organizational and time management skills.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Explains how different mental health crisis response services work to help discover and choose which option is best for a person's current crisis.
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For : All Ages | Website | Advocacy/Informative | Preserves, protects, and promotes the rights of deaf and hard of hearing individuals. (Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing approved)
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For: All Ages | Information | Offers lessons, activities, and up to date research on how to understand and boost self-esteem. -
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For: All Ages | Website | The National Down Syndrome Congress provides information, advocacy, and support concerning all aspects of life for individuals with Down syndrome.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Informative | Provides resources on financial literacy to help with financial decision-making.
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For: All Ages | Advocacy | Website | Advocates and provides information for blind or low-vision people and their families and friends.
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For: All Ages | Website | Support | Works to support the safety, health, well-being, and spiritual strength of American Indian/Alaska Native children. NICWA provides prevention education, as well as influences and informs the policy and practices of the tribal and state systems that respond to child abuse and neglect.
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For: Teens & Kids | Interactive l Service | Provides runaway and homeless youth support and help locating social services through online resources, including a hotline, textline, and forum.
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For: All ages | Website | Advocacy | Provides resources to help users stay informed, engaged, and actionable about police violence and antiracism in the US.
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All Ages | Directory | Affordable Health Care | Provides a searchable directory for anyone who is in need of local affordable counseling.
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For: All ages, Website | Interactive | Provides a web based library catalog with free book downloads.
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For: Teens | Website | Our Minds Matter is a student-led movement designed to change school culture around mental health.
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For: All Ages | Website | Affordable Healthcare | Offers a prescription assistance copay grant to people living with life-threatening, chronic, and rare diseases with the out-of-pocket costs for their prescribed medications.
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For: Adults | Website | Support | Provides low-income and uninsured patients with case management services and financial aid to access healthcare treatment for chronic, life-threatening, and debilitating illnesses.
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For: All Ages | Website | Service| Provides a free, private online journal. Also available as an app.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Service | Provides reproductive health care, sex education, and information to women, men, and young people.
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For: Adults | Forum | Support Provides an anonymous, virtual 12-Step program for those seeking recovery from an addiction to pornography.
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For: Adults | Website | Informative | Provides information about postpartum life and complications, including loss of a child, and other related struggles.
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For: Adults & Teens | App | Service | Manages information about personal bills and paycheck schedules to help keep track of personal expenses and assist with budgeting and financial planning.
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For: Adults | Information | Database | Support | Offers access to care, support & community, education, and awareness of all family building options. Provides access to support groups for those struggling with infertility as well as for friends and family members.
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For: All Ages | APP | Support | App to better manage and monitor schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder.
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For: Teens | Information |Sex, Etc. has comprehensive sex ed information including topics such as sex, relationships, pregnancy, STIs, birth control, sexual orientation, and a state by state guide on teens’ rights to information.
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For All Ages | PDF | Informative | Offers a one page PDF that gives tips for healthy sleeping habits.
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For: All Ages | App | Coping Skill | Offers interactive games and self-care ideas to help people cope with various conditions and/or achieve personal growth.
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For: All ages | Website | Education | Provides tools and guidance to empower everyone to learn and talk about race. Helpful for: educators, parents/caregivers, allies, and any person committed to equity.
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For: Adults & Teens| PDF | Informative | Educates readers on techniques for managing negative thoughts.
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For: All Ages | Directory | Service | Provides a directory for Latinx folks to find culturally-attuned and inclusive therapists.
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For: All Ages | Website | Advocacy | Works to create equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions.
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For: Teens and adults 13+ l Forum l Support l Connects teens and adults to online peer support groups for help facing mental health challenges and/or difficult family dynamics. Also provides a directory to find a local therapist. (Previously TeenTribe)
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For: All ages | Website | Informative | Provides articles about PTSD: how and why it occur, its symptoms, and ways to cope with it. Also provides information for third-party individuals looking to support a loved one with PTSD.
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For: All ages | Website | Informative | Offers coping skills, care options, advocacy groups, and financial information for people with undiagnosed and rare diseases.
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For: All Ages | Support | Information | Provides a holistic approach to overcoming and healing from body-focused repetitive behaviors.
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For: All Ages | Informative | Website | Shares resources and connects people in the Tourette Syndrome community.
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For: College Students | Website | Support | Provides information about mental health, college specific local resources, and advice for how to help a friend in need of support.
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For: All Ages | Website | Informative | Understood is a non-profit dedicated to serving the millions of families of kids who learn and think differently by connecting the people who face these challenges, and those who champion them, to resources, expertise, and communities that bolster confidence.
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For: Adults | Interactive & APP | Support | Offers an app that helps you get screened and file for bankruptcy. You can also consult with a lawyer for free.
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For: All ages | Directory | Informative | Facilitates local and remote volunteer opportunities based on interests.
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For: 17+ years old | App | Support | Offers an app to foster community, hope, and healing for people with chronic illness and invisible conditions.
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For: All ages | Website | Advocacy | Lists actionable ways to help with racial justice.
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For: All ages | Website | Hotline | APP | Offers an interactive website, hotline, and app triage tool that guides users faced with a poison emergency.
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For: 14 - 24 Yrs | Website | Informative | Provides comprehensive health resources and information for Native youth, by Native youth. Includes information about culture, environment, mental health, physical health, relationships, life tips, spirituality, wellness, and activism.
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WoebotFor: 18+ | App | Coping Skill | Provides support for people with depression or anxiety. Provides daily check-ins and lessons to help them change some of their thought patterns.
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For: Adults & Teens | Website | Support | Provides legal information, safety planning, and direct contacts to immediate help for survivors of abuse or harassment in the workplace.
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For: Adults | Website | Service | Provides support and various programs for post 9/11 veterans, including mental and physical health, VA benefits, and personal independence.
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For: All Ages | Interactive | Immediate Support | Offers an interactive self care game/guide with grounding exercises for people struggling with feeling sad or anxious.
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For: Adults & Teens | App | Forum | Helps users with mood tracking and coping skills for a range of emotional problems in an interactive format with a chat bot. App for iOS and Android.
