IMMEDIATE CRISIS RESOURCES
LOCAL
Children's Crisis Hotline
Call: (816) 321-7060
Courage2Report Missouri
Call: (866) 748-7047
Website: www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/MSHPWeb/Courage2ReportMO/index.html
24/7. Confidential. Empowers adults and youth to share information regarding dangerous or potentially dangerous situations in their schools and communities. Tool for reporting real time concerns, including bullying, physical assault, weapons, human trafficking, planned school attacks or shootings, planned suicides, sexual offenses, extremism and terrorist threats.
Domestic Violence Hotline
Call: (816) 468-5463
Assistance and shelter from family violence in the Kansas City area.
Synergy Services- Domestic Violence
Call: (816) 321-7050
Call: (800) 491-1114
Knowledgeable and caring operators are available 24/7 to provide emotional support and information about shelter, counseling, support groups and other services available in our community.
First Call
Call: (816) 361-5900
Substance abuse crisis line
Harvester/SNAP
Call: (816) 929-3300
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, uses an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, to help eligible people stretch their food budgets and buy the healthy foods they need at authorized locations.
Hotline for the Homeless
Call: (816) 474-4599
Resources for those anyone experiencing homelessness, a housing crisis, or are in an unsafe situation.
Rape/Sexual Abuse
Call: (816) 531-0233
The 24-hour crisis line is open to anyone who has questions or issues related to sexual violence. Crisis line advocates are trained to provide emotional support, crisis intervention, information, referrals, and problem-solving to victims of sexual violence as well as their friends and family members.
Safe Place
Ages 12-18
Text: 4HELP
Synergy Service (Youth)
Call: (816) 741-8700
The youth crisis hotline assists homeless and runaway youth. Young people can call the hotline directly or access help at Safe Place locations throughout the community where staff are trained to call our hotline.
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988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Call or text: 988
Chat online: 988lifeline.org/chat
TYY Users: Dial 711 then 988
Website: 988lifeline.org
24/7 English or Spanish
Support for self, friend or loved one, emotional support.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Call: 800-839-1686
Trained phone counselors available to speak with you.
Domestic Violence Hotline
Call: (800) 799-SAFE(7233)
Text: START or 88788
Website: thehotline.org
TTY Users: (800) 787-3224
24/7 Spanish and other languages
Confidential support to anyone experiencing domestic violence or seeking resources and information.
Mental Health Crisis Line
Call: (888) 279-8188
24/7 mental health and substance use resource
National Runaway Safeline
Call: 1 (800) 786-2929
Website: www.1800runaway.org/youth-teens/get-help#get-help-chat
National Human Trafficking Hotline
Call: 1 (800) 373-7888
Text: 233733
Chat online: humantraffickinghotline.org/en/chat
National Sexual Assault Hotline
Call: (800) 656-HOPE(4673)
Website: www.rainn.org
Chat online: hotline.rainn.org/online
Español: rainn.org/es
24/7 Confidential. Offers access to free services.
SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline
Call or Text: (800) 985-5990
Español: Llama o envía un mensaje de texto 1-800-985-5990 presiona “2.”
Website: disasterdistress.samhsa.gov
Other languages:
Deaf and Hard of Hearing ASL Callers: click the "ASL Now" button at www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline or call 1-800-985-5990 from your videophone.
24/7 Crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human caused disasters.
The Trevor Project (Youth Crisis Line)
Call: (866) 488-7386
Text: text ‘START’ to 678-678
Website: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
24/7 We provide LGBTQ youth with 24/7 crisis counseling via phone, text, and chat.
Transgender Helpline
Call: (877) 565-8860
Español: Llame al (877) 565-8860 y presione "2"
Mon-Fri 12-8pm. Confidential
Call us if you need someone trans to talk to, even if you’re not in a crisis or if you’re not sure you’re trans.