Resources & Crisis Hotlines
Individuals, couples and families often need immediate support to help them manage with emergency situations.
Miami-Dade County crisis hotlines are designed to help you navigate difficult circumstances. Connect to receive immediate support.
If you feel you are in immediate danger, or are a danger to others and yourself, contacting 911 and speaking to an officer may be necessary. To protect yourself and your loved ones, it is important to notify the authorities if you or a loved one is experiencing a mental breakdown so that they can send officers who are trained in crisis intervention and trained to assist individuals who are experiencing a psychiatric emergency.
NAMI
NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and you can connect with a trained Crisis counselor to receive crisis support 24/7 via text message at no cost to you.
Text NAMI to 741-741
Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The 988 Lifeline 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 in the U.S.
Banyan Health Systems
Banyan is a 24 hour Crisis Hotline that connects you with Banyan Health’s Mobile Response Team to receive immediate support during crisis situations.
Veteran’s Crisis Line
By calling the Veteran’s Crisis line, you can connect with qualified and caring responders with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs whom many are Veterans themselves.
Trevor Lifeline for LGBTQ Youth
If you are thinking about harming yourself — get immediate crisis support. Connect to a counselor 24/7, 365 days a year, from anywhere in the U.S via text, chat, or phone. 100% confidential and 100% free.
LGBT National Hotline
All of our support volunteers identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ family, and are here to serve the entire community, by providing free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs.
Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support phone service run by trans people for our trans and questioning peers. 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.
Girls & Boys Town National Hotline
For Parents and Teens: The Hotline is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is staffed by specially trained Boys Town counselors. It is accredited by the American Association of Suicidology (AAS).
(800) 448-3000