COMMUNITY RESOURCES

There are alternatives to calling the police. Use them.

NON-EMERGENCY RESOURCES

For Boston residents, dial 311 for constituent service representatives. They are ready to help you with requests for non-emergency city services and information.​​​​​​​https://www.boston.gov/departments/boston-311

Drivher: Safe rides by women for women. https://drivherboston.com/ 

EMERGENCY RESOURCES

HOUSING Bridge Over Troubled Waters: (617) 423-9575 (9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday)

Bridge is Boston’s foremost agency providing life-changing services for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth. Serving youth ages 14-24. Oversees the Boston Safe Place Network. Text the word “safe” and your current location (address, city, state) to 4HELP (44357) to connect with a Safe Place counselor (youth under 18, 24/7)

 NOTE: MAY BE MANDATORY REPORTERS

https://www.bridgeotw.org/ 

Mental Health Hotline Number: 988

Samaritans Statewide Helpline: 1 (877) 870-4673

24/7 free, confidential mental health hotline. Volunteer counselors available to speak with callers and address concerns. Available in 240 languages. https://samaritanshope.org/our-services/24-7-helpline/

Nami: 703-524-7600

This is not a hotline, but rather a ‘warmline’: provides mental health help before a crisis heats up

Blackline: 1 (800) 604-584

Call BlackLine provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. Call BlackLine® prioritizes BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). By us for us.

Under no circumstances will this organization call the police unless you directy ask them to.

Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860

Trans Lifeline connects trans people to the community support and resources we need to survive and thrive.

LGBTQ+ Violence support: (617) 423-7233

Toll Free: 1 (800) 832-1901

The Network/LaRed: 

A survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, SM, polyamorous, and queer communities. The Network/La Red’s 24-hour hotline provides confidential emotional support, information, referrals, safety planning, and crisis intervention for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and/or transgender (LGBQ/T) folks, as well as folks in SM/kink and polyamorous communities who are being abused or have been abused by a partner. We also offer information and support to friends, family, or co-workers on the issue of domestic violence in LGBQ/T communities. 

http://tnlr.org/en/ 

Boston Area Rape Crisis Center: (617) 492-8306 (24/7 Crisis Hotline) Toll free: 1 (800) 841-8371

Our Deaf Survivors Center, National Deaf Hotline: 1 (855) 812-1001 

https://www.odscunity.org/ 

Rosie’s Place: (617) 318.0296

Rosie’s Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Provides emergency shelter and other services. Trans inclusive. (Advocates line), answered 7:30 a.m – 7:30 p.m., Mon-Fri.

SafeLink MA: 1 (877) 785-2020, TTY: 1 (877) 521-2601 

24/7 Statewide Crisis Hotline hosted through Casa Myrna, Boston’s largest provider of shelter and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence, providing safety, resources, advocacy and information since 1977. All resources are free.

Saheli Boston: 1 (866) 472-4354 (Bilingual helpline)

Provides personalized, culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed support to South Asian survivors of domestic violence and their families. 

https://saheliboston.org/

MA Elder Abuse Hotline:1 (800) 922-2275

Access, Harm Reduction, Overdose Prevention and Education (AHOPE): (617) 534-3976

A harm reduction and needle exchange site for active users with a walk-in center at 774 Albany Street, Boston and mobile van and outreach sites around the city.

Disability Resource Information reference site: https://disabilityinfo.org/fact-sheet-library/basic-needs-2/basic-programs-services-for-people-with-disabilities/

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