Crisis Helplines/Hotlines

Offers compassionate counseling by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, and certified tobacco treatment specialists.

Operates a local 24 hour crisis hotline for victims/survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, or sex trafficking.

24 hour crisis intervention and advocacy for victims of sexual assault. Provides accompaniment for victims of sexual violence to file police report, hospital exam, and court proceedings. Referrals for individual counseling.

Provides confidential support, information and advocacy 24/7 to victims of sexual assault and interpersonal violence.

Bullying prevention program and hotline. Works with schools, non-profits, and other agencies within the community to stop bullying.

Tobacco Cessation

Provides services to victims or persons at risk for sexual exploitation. Help with case management, crisis intervention, counseling, housing assistance, mentorship, life skills and outreach. Education trainings for the community, victims and persons at risk of sexual exploitation. The Drop In Center provides resources and a safe, welcoming environment to women and girls who are or have been commercially sexually exploited or trafficked.

Provides crisis hotline intervention and stabilization services for children, adolescents, and their families. Services are available for children and adolescents who are exhibiting behavioral or mental issues which pose a threat the child’s stability within their home, school, or community.

Provides crisis hotline intervention and stabilization services for children, adolescents, and their families. Services are available for children and adolescents who are exhibiting behavioral or mental issues which pose a threat the child’s stability within their home, school, or community.

The M.O.R.E (Multi-agency Outreach Resource Engagement) teams assist homeless with housing resource information such as: housing assessments, access to shelters, information for neighborhood organizations, encampment interaction, access to the Courtyard, etc. through the 24/7 hotline number 702-229-MORE (6673).

Provides emergency shelter to youth between 13-17 years old including hygiene kits, meals, and access to resources and support services

Suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Routes callers to the nearest accredited crisis center in the caller's area. Calls are answered by staff certified crisis centers across the United States who provide callers with crisis counseling and mental health referrals. Crisis Chat Service routes chat visitors to a subnetwork of crisis centers accredited in providing online emotional support.

24/7 peer-support helpline for mothers of children with special needs. Offers peer support, clinical assessment, database of trained service providers, support groups.

• General Crisis Intervention Hotlines

Provides a 24/7 reporting hotline (phone, text, live chat, email), information, and confidential referral to social and legal services for victims and survivors of human trafficking. The Hotline also receives tips about potential situations of sex and labor trafficking and facilitates reporting that information to the appropriate authorities in certain cases. The hotline is operated by Polaris, a non-government organization leading the fight to end human trafficking.COVID-19 Update: following all CDC and state guidelines.

• Human Trafficking Hotlines
• Human Trafficking Prevention

The Hotline is operated by Polaris, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working exclusively on the issue of human trafficking. The Trafficking Hotline is not a government entity, law enforcement, or an immigration authority.

Provides crisis intervention for youth who are thinking of running away or who have run away through helplines. Also provides message relay and conflict mediation between youth and parents and reunification assistance. Runaway prevention materials are also available to the community.

• Runaway/Homeless Youth Helplines

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

• LGBTQ2+ Helplines
• LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
• General Crisis Intervention Hotlines

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

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

A call center which provides information to health care professionals and the public related to possible poisoning emergencies.

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

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.

Provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

Crisis Chat Service provides online emotional support at: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

The Disaster Distress Helpline is staffed by trained counselors from a network of crisis call centers located across the United States. These counselors provide:

a. Crisis counseling for people in emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster,
b. Information on how to recognize distress and its effects on individuals and families,
c. Tips for healthy coping,
d. Referrals to local crisis call centers for additional follow-up care and support.

The Disaster Distress Helpline puts people in need of counseling on the path to recovery. Our staff members provide counseling and support before, during, and after disasters and refer people to local disaster-related resources for follow-up care and support. Since its launch in February 2012, the Disaster Distress Helpline has provided counseling and support in response to disasters such as Hurricane Sandy, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Ebola outbreak, and the Coronavirus pandemic.

Text "TalkWithUs" TO 66746 (Spanish-speakers can text 'Hablanos' to 66746); available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.