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Social Services Resource Guide for Massachusetts Libraries: Community Supports

Social Services Resource Guide

Hotlines and Chat Support

Massachusetts Behavioral Health Hotline

  • Call or text 833-773-2445 Chat now

988 Lifeline

  • Call or text 988

Crisis Textline 

  • text HOME to 741741

Disaster Distress

  • 1(800) 985-5990

LGBTQ National Help Center

Trevor Project

Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline

  • 1(800) 327-5050
  • Text HOPE to 800327

National Domestic Violence Hotline

  • 1 (800) 799-SAFE (7233)
  • Text START to 88788

National Sexual Assault Hotline

  • 1(800) 656-HOPE (4673)

Parental Stress Hotline

  • 1(800) 632-8188

SafeLink (MA Domestic Violence Hotline)

  • Dial 711 in Massachusetts
  • 1(877) 785-2020

Samaritans Call or Text

  • 988

TransLifeline

  • (877) 565-8860

Veterans Crisis Line

  • Dial 988 then press 1
  • Text 838255

 

 

Massachusetts Library System Declaration of Inclusion

The MLS Team is committed to providing services that benefit and contribute to the library profession’s core values: diversity, inclusion, equity, access to information, free expression, privacy, and social justice.