Substance Use
National Drug and Alcohol Treatment Hotline
1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA)
SAMHSA Website
1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Never Use Alone
Never Use Alone Website
1-800-484-3731
Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline
Website
800-327-5050
Or text HOPE to 800327
LGBTQIA+ Support
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD)
Website
LGBT National Hotline
Website (includes chat options)
General Hotline: 888-843-4564
National Coming Out Support Line: 888-688-5428
National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743
National Senior Talkline: 888-234-7243
Trans Lifeline
877-656-8860
Website
Northshore Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (NAGLY)
Website
Fenway Health
Violence recovery program for LGBTQIA+ individuals experiencing intimate partner violence, hate violence, and/or police violence (website link)
Call: 617-927-6250
Fenway Health’s Trans and Gender Diverse Resource Library For Name and Gender Marker Change in MA Link
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Offers resources and advocacy: https://www.masstpc.org/
Erin In The Mornings HRT Map of the USA
Nationwide listing of organizations and agencies that provide gender-affirming care.
Link
Perinatal and Postpartum Support
Postpartum Support International (PSI)
Website: https://postpartum.net/
Call: 1-800-944-4773 (english and spanish)
Text (English): Text HELP to 800-944-4773
Text (Spanish): Text 971-203-7773
National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
Website
Call or Text 1-833-TLC-MAMA (852-6262)
NAMI Massachusetts Postpartum/Perinatal Resource Page
Link
Suicide/Crisis Support
Don’t Call the Police
National: dontcallthepolice.com
Boston: dontcallthepolice.com/boston
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
afsp.org
Text or Call 988
Crisis Text Line
Text TALK to 741741
The Trevor Project (LGBTQIA+)
Website: thetrevorproject.org/get-help
Call: 866-488-7386
Text- Available Tuesday-Friday Between 3pm-9pm EST/12pm-6pm PT: text TREVOR to 202-304-1200
Pro-Choice Support
Abortion Finder
abortionfinder.org
National Network of Abortion Funds: Eastern MA
Website
Reproductive Equity Now
Website
Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline
Website
Call or Text 1-833-246-2632 (Hours are from 8am EST to 1am EST (5am PST to 10pm PST) and are staffed by healthcare professionals to support and guide through miscarriage or abortion)
Abortion Pill Providers:
Aid Access
Abortion On Demand
Carafem
Hey Jane
Plan C
All Options Hotline
A hotline to talk through whatever decision without judgement or pressure
Call- 1-888-493-0092
Website
Health Care Assistance
Massachusetts Health Connector
https://www.mahix.org/individual/
Fight Health Insurance
https://fighthealthinsurance.com/
Healthcare for All Massachusetts
https://hcfama.org/health-insurance-help/
Call: 1-800-272-4232
Serving the Health Needs of Everyone (SHINE) for Medicare recipients and their caregivers
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/serving-the-health-insurance-needs-of-everyone-shine-program
Call: 1-800-243-4636 or email
Sexual/Intimate Partner Violence
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
www.nsvrc.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Call: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
www.thehotline.org
SafeLink Massachusetts
Website
877-785-2020
Rape, Incest, and Abuse National Network
Website
Call: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
Text HOPE to 64673
WhatsApp Chat
Healing Abuse Working for Change (HAWC) Salem, MA
Website
Call: 800-547-1649
Love is Respect (young adults/adolescents)
Website (with live chat)
Call: 1-866-331-9474
Text LOVEIS to 22522
Sex Worker Support
Boston Sex Workers and Allies Collective
bswac.org
Sex Workers Outreach Project
swopusa.org
Red Umbrella Fund
redumbrellafund.org
Harm Reduction: Sex Work
Website: https://harmreduction.org/issues/sex-work/
Western MA Mutual Aid Fund/Org for Sexworkers: Whose Corner is it Anyway?
Fund Link (Info in description)
Immigrant Resources
Mira Coalition
Website
Open Door Immigration Services
Website
Call: (978) 218-8772
Northeast Legal Aid
(Free services to elderly and low-income residents of essex and northern middlesex county)
https://www.northeastlegalaid.org/get-legal-help
Directory of Immigrant Resources by Location
https://www.informedimmigrant.com/help/