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National Websites
Access to Resources
Search and connect to support in your local community. Financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost resources.
www.findhelp.org
Religious Trauma
Holding space for folks navigating religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and adverse religious experiences through online groups and resources
https://www.reclamationcollective.com/
So, You’re Deconstructing…
Offers connections to various online communities, educational resources, and examples of spiritual practices
https://www.soyouredeconstructing.com/
CPTSD
https://cptsdfoundation.org/ Offers online trauma informed groups, programs and resources.
General Mental Health Resources for Marginalized Communities
Provides general mental health Spanish-speaking resources, including a list of Spanish-language materials and Spanish-language screening tools.
https://www.mhanational.org/issues/latinxhispanic-communities-and-mental-health
Asian Mental Health Collective
AMHC aspires to make mental health easily available, approachable, and accessible to Asian communities worldwide.
https://www.asianmhc.org/
Indian Health Services Search
For American Indian and Alaska natives looking for mental health services
https://www.ihs.gov/
Therapy for Black Girls.
For people looking for mental health providers specifically trained to serve Black women and girls.
https://providers.therapyforblackgirls.com/
Therapy for Black Men
For people looking for mental health providers specifically trained to serve Black men.
https://therapyforblackmen.org/
Understood
Understood is a nonprofit dedicated to providing resources for neurodivergent individuals in school, work, and diverse life settings
www.understood.org
Local Websites
Virginia Navigator
Your Nonprofit Guide to Disability, Aging and Veterans’ Services in Virginia.
https://virginianavigator.org/
Curb the Crisis
Provides local Hampton Roads resources for those suffering from opioid substance use.
https://curbthecrisis.com/
Mercy Drops Dream Center
Mercy Drops Dream Center is a faith based volunteer-driven charitable organization that finds the forgotten and helps them build a firm foundation through adopt a block programs, food pantry, clothing closet, and more
https://www.mercydrops.life/
The URC
The URC is a center for moral thought, voice, and action in Norfolk that offers unique community programs such as an unhoused employment initiative, research center, youth programs, community service projects.
https://theurcnorfolk.com/
Tidewater ASA
A local source for education, advocacy, services, and support for individuals with Autism, their families and friends, and professionals.
https://www.tidewaterasa.org/
LGBT+ Life Center
Provides resources, advocacy, and support to live a healthy LGBT+ life in Hampton Roads
https://lgbtlifecenter.org/
National Helplines
Crisis Lifeline
If you’re thinking about unaliving, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-7233
Some people who reach out to this hotline identify as survivors of abuse, some as concerned friends or family members, and some as abusive partners seeking to change themselves.The hotline exist to provide support and resources to each person.
BlackLine
BlackLine provides a space for peer support, counseling, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences to people who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black femme lens.
National LGBTQ+ Youth Support Helpline
1-866-488-7386 or text TREVOR to 1-202-304-1200
The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people.
Trans Lifeline
The Trans Lifeline 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.
Veterans Crisis Line
A 24/7 confidential crisis support for Veterans and their loved ones *(operated by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Helpline
SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.