Hotlines
If you are experiencing an emergency, please dial 911, contact your local emergency room/crisis center, or contact the Veterans Crisis Line by dialing 988 and then press or say 1.
There are many resources available to service members and veterans that are always just a click or call away. If you are in need of immediate help, please consult the list below for organizations that can provide you with immediate access to live resource and support services.
Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988 then press or say 1
The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text.
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
877-424-3838
Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness—and their family members, friends and supporters—can make the call to or chat online with the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans, where trained counselors are ready to talk confidentially 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Vets4Warriors
855-838-8255
Vets4Warriors peer-to-peer support network connects people, information, ideas, and resources to generate powerful solutions for members of the military and veteran communities. They are 100% staffed by trained veterans and members of the military community, their families, or caregivers.
VA Caregivers Support Line
855-260-3274
VA's National Caregiver Support Line is a toll-free number for caregivers, family members, friends, Veterans, and community partners to contact for information related to caregiving and available supports and services.
Call VA’s Caregiver Support Line at 1-855-260-3274 to learn more about the support that is available to you and for assistance connecting with the Caregiver Support Team at your local VA Medical Center.
IAVA's Quick Reaction Force
855-917-2743
IAVA’s Quick Reaction Force leverages best-in-class research, data, and resources to empower veterans. We believe that national resources are the best path forward for veterans and have partnered with nonprofits who have been vetted to do great work. We use our research to create better lives for veterans nationwide.
Call 855-91RAPID today. QRF’s services are all remote and easily accessible.
NVF Lifeline for Vets
877-995-5247
Talk to a Veteran you can Trust
They need someone to talk to, someone who understands, someone they can trust. When they call our Lifeline for Vets™ - 888-777-4443 - they reach another veteran of America’s armed forces. Speaking to another Veteran who “gets it” is crucial for a soldier who has returned to the homeland he or she has defended only to feel like “a stranger in a strange land” – full of fear, wracked with depression and on the verge of despair.
The NVF and the Lifeline for Vets™ - 888-777-4443 - have helped countless American heroes — person-to-person, Veteran-to-Veteran. That’s vital at a time when suicides among America’s Veterans have reached the rate of 22 a day. Over and again, Lifeline for Vets™ and its volunteer professionals have talked Veterans back from the brink of taking their own lives. Nearly a half-million calls since 1985.
Psychological Health Resource Center
866-966-1020
We Serve
Service members, veterans, family members, clinicians, commanders, or anyone with a question about psychological health in the military.
We Provide
Customized responses to your specific questions and needs. If we can't answer your question, we will connect you to someone who can provide assistance.
A link to community psychological health resources in your local area.
We Are
A trusted source of psychological health information and resources related to combat stress, depression, reintegration, how to get into treatment, types of treatment for mental health conditions, and many other topics.
Professional health resource consultants, all of who are master's-level mental health clinicians that understand military culture.
Available 24/7 by phone, online chat, or email.
Free!
Not a treatment or counseling center, but we can help you to access mental health care.
United Way: 211
DIAL 211
211 is the most comprehensive source of information about local resources and services in the country.
Thousands of caring, local experts are available to help, 24/7. Calls to 211 are confidential and can be anonymous.
Military OneSource
800-342-9647
Military OneSource is your 24/7 connection to information, answers and support to help you reach your goals, overcome challenges and thrive. As a member of our military family, you are eligible to use this Defense Department-funded program anytime, anywhere. Turn to Military OneSource for tax services, spouse employment help, webinars and online training, relocation and deployment tools, and much more