Mental Health Resources

211 – Information and Community Resources

Maintains a comprehensive database of information and referrals for essential needs (food, housing and shelter, utility assistance, healthcare services, and government services) and other services (substance use/mental health resources, transportation, legal services, counseling and support groups, disaster aftercare).

• Call: 211
• Link: https://211wisconsin.communityos.org/

988 – Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Provides support when a person, or someone they know, is experiencing a crisis (thoughts of suicide, mental health crisis, substance use crisis, emotional distress, and referrals as needed utilizing 211 WI’s Resource Database).

• Call or text 988
• Chat: 988lineline.org 
• TTY: use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988. 

911 – Emergencies

Provides first responder dispatch for medical emergency, fire, reporting a crime, disaster response, and life threatening situations.

Find Support

Find health care and support, how to cope, learn about treatment, how to pay for treatment, helping someone, and getting help now.
Link: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support

Find a Health Professional with No Insurance

A How-To for finding a health professional for mental health and/or drugs and alcohol for those without insurance.
Link: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support/health-care-or-support/professional-or-program/no-insurance

Find Treatment

Find treatment for mental and substance use.

• Call: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
• Text your 5-digit ZIP Code to 435748 (HELP4U). Reply HELP to reach an information specialist.
• TTY: 1-800-487-4889
• Link: https://findtreatment.gov/

Mental Health America

Provides information on mental health, getting help, and taking action.

• Link: www.mentalhealthamerica.net

Warmline

Phone, chat, or textlines that are peer-supported for those experiencing distress or loneliness, or seek validation. Not a crisis line.

• Link: www.warmline.org

Hopeline

Connect with a trained counselor for any issue.

• Text “HOPELINE” to 741741
• Link: https://www.centerforsuicideawareness.org/

Farmer Wellness Program

Provides farmers and their families access to services that help with farming’s unique challenges and the stressors it causes like depression and anxiety.

• Call: 888-843-4564
• Link: https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/AgDevelopment/FarmerMentalHealthWellness.aspx

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

Peer-support service for those living with, caregivers of those living with, and mental health providers for mental health conditions.

• Call: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. CST.
• Link: https://www.nami.org

Veteran’s Crisis Line

Responders from the Department of Veterans Affairs, many of which are veterans themselves. 
Chat: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/get-help-now/chat/
Call: 988 and press 1
Text: 838255

US Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Resources

Learn about resources and support the VA has that address specific topics or addresses unique stressors and experiences.
Link: https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/index.asp 

Help for Military Service Members and Their Families

Find support for mental health, drugs, and alcohol.
Link: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support/health-care-or-support/professional-or-program/veterans

Make the Connection

Read, listen, and watch fellow veterans and their families talk about their stories, struggles, and recovery. 
Link: https://www.maketheconnection.net/

The Trevor Project

Leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention for the LGBTQ community.

• Call: 866-488-7386
• Text “START” to 678-678
• Chat: https://chat.trvr.org
• Link: https://thetrevorproject.org

Rainbow Youth Project

Promotes the health, safety, and wellness of the LGBTQ Youth  Community.

• Link: https://www.rainbowyouthproject.org/

Mental Health America – LGBTQ+ Center

Provides coming out guides, resources to find affirming and LGBTQ+/QTBIPOC friendly therapy, and more.

• Link: https://mhanational.org/lgbtq

LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory

Find LGBTQ+ friendly healthcare by your zipcode.

• Link: https://lgbtqhealthcaredirectory.org/

Depression Looks Like Me Program

Program that aims to educate and empower LGBTQ+ people with depression.

• Link: https://www.depressionlookslikeme.com/