Crisis Helplines/Hotlines

Contact Kids’ Link RI™ if your child is:

• Feeling excessive anger or sadness.
• Lashing out at siblings, friends, and adults.
• Having behavior problems at school.
• Having severe worries.
• Hurting himself/herself or others.

Evaluations for children are offered at Bradley Hospital and Gateway locations.

Kids’ Link RI™ is a behavioral health triage service and referral network. A program offered in collaboration with Gateway Healthcare, Lifespan, Hasbro Children's Hospital and Bradley Hospital, Kids’ Link RI is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help triage children and youth in need of mental health services and refer them to treatment providers.​

Responds to inquiries about a diverse range of topics related to deaf and hard-of-hearing children from infancy to age 21.

Provides a 24/7 texting line for those in crisis. Text START to 741-741. Also offers crisis support via Facebook messenger.

Crisis support in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland.

Accepts and trains volunteers.

 Provides 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.

• LGBTQ Helplines
• LGBTQ Support Groups
• General Crisis Intervention Hotlines

Text: TREVOR
TrevorChat: via thetrevorproject.org

A toll-free, confidential crisis hotline which helps youth in need gain immediate access to crisis and counseling services. Also a resource for parents seeking guidance about difficult family situations or for those trying to locate a runaway child.

A trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources needed to survive and thrive.

• Suicide Prevention Hotlines

National suicide prevention hotline for individuals experiencing thoughts of suicide who are not in immediate danger.

Provides vital peer-support, community connections and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Government run website, in connection with The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Provides information, publications, and referrals for those with substance use disorders, to treatment facilities, treatment options, information on paying for treatment, and understanding addiction and mental health.

• Substance Use Disorder Referrals

Hotline for kids, teens, and young adults who are depressed, contemplating suicide, being physically or sexually abused, are on the run, addicted, threatened by gang violence, fighting with a friend or parent, or those who are facing overwhelming challenges.

• General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
• Suicide Prevention Hotlines

Hotline

Offers email, video phone, and live chat services. Video phone and live chat available 24/7/365.

ADWAS & hotline advocates offer many ways to support callers as we can:

• listen and provide emotional support
• provide information and referrals
• do domestic violence and sexual assault education
• brainstorm with callers ways to keep safe
• develop safety plans

Advocates can also work with Deaf and hearing friends and family members of Deaf survivors. Helpers can call us to learn more about intervention strategies and how to support survivors.

Support for Other Organizations

ADWAS also gives hearing domestic violence and sexual assault programs and shelters cultural training, support, education, and technical assistance to improve their accessibility for Deaf survivors. For shelters and programs that want training or information on working with Deaf survivors, they can contact us.

Information and Resources

Also offers a variety of resources, information, and support options for deaf survivors and their friends and families.

ADWAS, in Seattle, Washington, partners with the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH), in Austin, Texas, to provide DV services in American Sign Language.