National Domestic Violence Hotline
Confidential support for anyone experiencing or witnessing domestic abuse, in English and Spanish.
Wellness builds on the baseline conditions. When any of them fall out, these are the lines and links built to meet people there.
US resources, v1. All direct links to government agencies or established nonprofits. Nothing here is a substitute for medical, legal, or emergency care.
Immediate danger
Call 911
Or your local emergency number.
If someone is hurting you, or has, these are the lines that take that call.
Confidential support for anyone experiencing or witnessing domestic abuse, in English and Spanish.
Free, confidential support from trained staff, connects you to a local affiliate.
Support and reporting for victims and survivors of sex and labor trafficking.
Crisis intervention, information, and referrals for anyone concerned about a child.
Culturally appropriate support for Native Americans and Alaska Natives affected by domestic, dating, and sexual violence.
Mental-health crises, substance use, and lines built for specific communities who deserve to be understood on the first call.
Talk or text with a trained crisis counselor, anywhere in the US.
Free, confidential crisis support over text with a trained volunteer counselor.
Treatment referral and information for mental-health and substance-use disorders.
Confidential support for Veterans and their loved ones, from responders who understand military service.
Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ young people.
Peer support hotline run by and for the trans community.
Food, shelter, healthcare, utilities. When these fall out, wellness advice stops mattering. Here is where to start.
United Way's 211 is the single gateway to local food, housing, utility, and healthcare assistance.
Federal screener that matches you with benefit programs you may qualify for.
USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal food benefit, administered by states.
Find the nearest member food bank or pantry in the national network.
Federal housing programs, including Section 8 and public housing agency contacts.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program helps with home heating and cooling bills.
Joint federal and state program providing health coverage for eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults, and people with disabilities.
The federal health-insurance Marketplace, including Medicaid screening and subsidized ACA plans.
Locate federally qualified health centers that offer sliding-scale medical, dental, and mental-health care.
Time is a wellness input. These resources point to protections, respite, and the basics of sleep and caregiver support.
US Department of Labor overview of the federal job-protected leave law for serious health and family needs.
US Department of Labor directory of state and municipal paid-sick-leave laws.
Locator for respite-care services that give family caregivers a break.
Guides, checklists, and a caregiver support line for family caregivers of older adults.
Free peer-led support groups for family members and friends of people living with mental illness.
Plain-language overview of sleep health, common disorders, and where to seek care.
Libraries, job centers, and the public education infrastructure that exists to help people learn, retrain, and move.
Institute of Museum and Library Services search tool for every public library in the US.
Free in-person career services, training referrals, and unemployment support. Run by the US Department of Labor through CareerOneStop.
The application for federal Pell Grants, work-study, and student loans, the front door to most higher-education funding.
US Department of Education gateway to adult-education, literacy, and English-language learning programs.
Preparation, practice tests, and testing locations for the GED high-school equivalency credential.
Find free adult-literacy and English-language programs in your community.
Free, self-paced courses from elementary math through college-level physics, economics, and test prep.
This list is v1 and US-focused. We are adding to it carefully. If you work at or rely on an org that belongs here, we want to know.