453 organizations
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BlackLine is a national phone and text support line for people in crisis or people who have faced mistreatment by police, vigilantes, stores, or other public spaces. It centers Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, Black femmes, Native people, Brown people, and Muslim communities, but says no one is turned away.
7 services
The Trevor Project is a national nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ young people who feel alone, unsafe, or in crisis. Trained counselors answer by phone, text, and chat 24/7, and the group also offers peer support, online resources, trainings, research, and advocacy.
10 services
National Rehab Hotline is a free 24/7 phone helpline for people in the U.S. dealing with substance use, alcohol, drug addiction, or a mental health crisis. Callers can get support, information, intervention guidance, and referrals to treatment or local resources. Its website says it is owned by a for-profit company and is not connected to SAMHSA or a government agency.
6 services
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy helps children who have been sexually abused, severely physically abused, commercially sexually exploited, or affected by violence. It offers forensic interviews, family advocacy, therapy, and child abuse prevention training, with direct services free for children 17 and under who live in or were abused in Fulton or DeKalb County.
10 services
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is a nonprofit children's health system. Arthur M. Blank Hospital provides 24-hour emergency care and many pediatric specialty services, while Scottish Rite Hospital remains open with emergency care, urgent care, rehab, orthopedics, neurosciences, and other services. Children's also runs primary care, child protection, and behavioral health programs for children and teens.
10 services
TheHopeLine is a free online nonprofit for students and young adults who are going through a hard time or crisis. They offer 24-hour live chat with trained Hope Coaches, email mentoring, suicide prevention links, articles, podcasts, eBooks, and faith-based support.
4 services
Anchor Hospital is a behavioral health hospital in Atlanta. It helps teens, adults, older adults, service members, and veterans with mental health crises, psychiatric conditions, substance use, detox, inpatient care, and outpatient programs.
8 services
National Safe Haven Alliance is a national nonprofit that helps parents in crisis make a safe plan for a newborn baby. They run a 24/7 call and text hotline, explain Safe Haven laws, help parents find parenting resources, temporary placement, adoption options, or a legal Safe Haven location, and train Safe Haven providers.
12 services
National Runaway Safeline, also called NRS or 1-800-RUNAWAY, is a national 24/7 hotline and online support service for runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth and their families. They listen, help make safety plans, connect youth to local resources, and may help eligible youth ages 12-21 get a free bus ticket home or to another safe place through Home Free.
9 services
Claratel Behavioral Health is the public nonprofit formerly known as DeKalb Community Service Board. It helps people in DeKalb County and metro Atlanta with mental health care, crisis help, substance use treatment, and developmental disability services, especially people who are uninsured or underinsured.
12 services
To Write Love on Her Arms is a national nonprofit based in Melbourne, Florida, not an Atlanta-based service site. It helps people facing depression, addiction, self-injury, suicide, and other mental health struggles by connecting them to resources, funding therapy scholarships, hosting online peer support, and sharing mental health tools.
7 services
Honor Connor, also called Honor Connor | Hold Onto Hope, is a nonprofit based in West Simsbury, Connecticut. It helps people affected by suicide loss through free virtual education, grief and suicide-prevention resources, mental health conversation tools, and awareness events.
5 services
Love is respect is a national project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline. It helps teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 with dating abuse, unhealthy relationships, safety planning, and support by phone, text, live chat, and online resources.
10 services
Childhelp is a national nonprofit that helps prevent and respond to child abuse. Its National Child Abuse Hotline gives 24/7 support by phone, text, and live chat for children, parents, survivors, and people worried about a child. It is not a 911 line or an official child abuse reporting line, but counselors can help callers think through next steps and find local resources.
7 services
Forsyth County Family Haven is a nonprofit in Forsyth County, Georgia that helps people and children who have experienced domestic violence or family violence. They offer a 24-hour crisis line, confidential emergency shelter, transitional housing, legal advocacy, financial and social service support, and education programs.
8 services
Child Find of America is a national nonprofit that helps find missing children and helps families lower conflict before it becomes unsafe. They offer free phone help for parents and caretakers, missing-child case support, safety education, referrals, and training for professionals.
6 services
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children helps families, children, law enforcement, schools, and communities when a child is missing or sexually exploited. They run a 24-hour hotline, take online exploitation reports, make and share missing child posters, support families, and offer safety education.
11 services
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau is part of HRSA, a federal health agency. Its National Maternal Mental Health Hotline gives free, private support 24/7 to pregnant people, new parents, moms, and family members by phone, text, or chat.
4 services
The Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office is the DoD office that leads sexual assault prevention, policy, victim support, and recovery work for the military community. Its Safe Helpline gives anonymous, confidential help 24/7 by phone, online chat, app, and moderated group chat for members of the DoD and U.S. Coast Guard communities.
6 services
LGBT National Help Center is a national nonprofit that gives free, confidential peer support for LGBTQIA+ people by phone, chat, email, and online tools. Trained LGBTQIA+ volunteers listen, offer information, and help people find local resources, including in Atlanta, but they do not provide in-person services in Georgia.
10 services
