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Detroit Community Resources

Emergency and non-emergency resources are available to you below.

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National and Local Metro Detroit Community Resources and Crisis Support

I do not provide crisis counseling. If you are in imminent danger of hurting yourself or others, contact one of the emergency resources below. Many of the mental health emergency resources below have been sourced from InclusiveTherapists.com.

Click on each heading below to learn more.

Mental Health Warmlines (No law enforcement ever involved)

Warmlines are text or call lines that offer assistance that does NOT involve law enforcement, such as ICE or police, under any circumstance.

  • Michigan Warm Line: Call 1-888-PEER-753. 10am-2am, 7 days a week. The Michigan Warmline provides early intervention with emotional support that can prevent a crisis, staffed by
  • Blackline. Call or text: 1-800-604-5841. 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.
  • Trans Lifeline. (877) 565-8860. Provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people.
  • Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line. 888-407-4515. Answered by a trained peer supporter who has their own first-hand experience with psychiatric diagnosis, trauma, addiction, and/or other interrupting challenges.
  • Fireside Project Psychedelic Support Line. Call or text 623-473-7433. Support during and after psychedelic experiences. Totally free. Always confidential.
  • LGBT National Help Center. 888-843-4564. Here to serve the entire community, by providing free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs.
  • StrongHearts Native Helpline. Call/text 24-7 844-762-8483 or chat online. A safe, anonymous, and confidential domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans and Alaska Natives, offering support and advocacy.
Mental Health Hotlines

Important Note About 988 (the National Mental Health Crisis Hotline) and other hotlines: If you’re thinking about suicide but not taking steps to act on it, 988 counselors or other hotline counselors are not likely to call law enforcement without your consent, but will provide resources and referrals. But, if you’re at imminent risk and could act on a plan to hurt yourself/others, police may be called, and you could be taken to a hospital involuntarily. The involvement of law enforcement significantly increases the risk of injury, deportation, or death in cases regarding mental health crises, especially for people of color, disabled, autistic, and trans folk.

  • Telefónica’s de crisis y salud mental (en Español)
    • Línea de ayuda de NAMI
    • Ayuda en Español, Línea de Prevención del Suicidio en Español: 1-888-628-9454
    • La Línea de Ayuda Nacional Online del Asalto Sexual: 1-800-656-4673
    • Love Is Respect (Chat En Español): para jovenes 1-866-331-9474
    • Atención de salud mental perinatal para mamás (PSI):
      • Llama al 1-800-944-4773 (4PPD) #1
      • Mensaje de texto: 971-203-7773
    • Línea Directa Nacional de Salud Mental Materna (HRSA) 24/7: 1-833-TLC-MAMA
  • National Suicide and Mental Health Emergency Lifeline: Dial 988
    • TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711, then dial 988
    • Veterans Crisis Line: Dial 988 then press 1, or text 838255. Call TTY at 800-799-4889
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (24/7)
    • (800) 799-4889 Deaf or hard of hearing
      • Text “DEAF” to 741741
    • (800) 273-8255 Video relay service and voice/ caption  
    • (800) 273-8255 Call or text
  • Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Hope Line 
    • (800) 622-2255
  • Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
  • Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network Crisis Lifeline: 
    • Helpline: (800) 241-4949 (Open 24/7)  
    • TDD/TTY: 711 (Open 24/7)  
    • Mobile Crisis Unit Toll-Free: (844) 462-7474 (Open 24/7) 
  • DeafLEAD (24/7)
    • Crisis support for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened, and DeafBlind individuals at deaflead.org
    • Deaf Crisis Line: 321-800-3323 (Videophone)
    • Deaf Crisis Line ASL
  • Lines for Life
    • 800-273-8255
    • Lines for Life: talk to a suicide or substance use specialist. 
    • They also offer support for: military & family, senior loneliness, teen-to-teen crisis help, and racial equity support.
  • NAMI Helpline (24/7)
  • National Child Abuse Lifeline: (800) 422-4453
  • National Domestic Violence Lifeline: (800) 799-7233
  • National Sexual Assault Lifeline: (800) 656-4673
  • Postpartum and Pregnancy Support
  • Trevor Lifeline (for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth) (24-7)
    • 1-866-488-7386 Text “START” to 678678Trevor Hotline for LGBTQ+ youth
    • Terms of Service: “In very specific instances of abuse or a clear concern of an in-progress or imminent suicide, Trevor counselors may need to contact a child welfare agency or emergency service.”
  • Veterans Crisis Line 
    • (800) 273-8255
  • We R Native (24/7)
Peer Support and Alternative to Suicide Groups (Alt2Su)

Detroit Peer Respite An abolitionist mental health crisis alternative

Folk Time (Alt2Su)

Hearing Voices Groups (Hearing Voices Network)

IAPRSS (Alt2Su)

Stubborn Survivors (Stronger U)

Toivo (Alt2Su)

T.R.A.N.S. Discord group (togetherness + really awesome non-normative support by Thrive Lifeline)

Wildflower Alliance (Alt2Su)

Yarrow Collective (Alt2Su)

Find a Peer Respite near you: voluntary, short-term, overnight programs that provides community-based, non-clinical crisis support

Community solutions that don’t contact law enforcement
Detroit, MI

For other community-based alternatives to police:

  • Search for “mobile crisis” or “community response teams” in your city.
    • Calling 211 in some cities will dispatch community response teams instead of law enforcement. Ask in advance whether they dispatch the police if this is a concern.
  • Find a Peer Respite near you
    • Voluntary, short-term, overnight program that provides community-based, non-clinical crisis support
ICE
  • Michigan United “ICE Out” Toolkit
  • ACLU Hotline: 313-208-7048 (English, Spanish, Arabic, Bangla). Report misconduct, misuse of force, or racial profiling by immigration enforcement officers or police officers confidentially.
  • Michigan Lawyers Guild Legal Support Hotline: 313-925-2626
  • Detroit ICE Watch Hotline: 313-635-3633. Instagram: asamblea_popular_detroit Facebook: asamblea popular detroit
  • ICE Know Your Rights pamplet
Housing Crises
Food Assistance, Food Pantries, Meals
General Assistance / Multiple Resources Offered
Mutual Aid and Individual Grants
Transportation and Car
Employment
  • Michigan Works!/Detroit at Work | https://detroitatwork.com/help | 313-962-9675 | Employment services, job placement, resumes, expungement, GED, free training programs, PATH cash assistance, youth services, childcare, transportation
Rent Assistance, Home Repairs, Utilities, Fire Response
Clothing
Childcare and Parenting
Legal
Technology / Internet
  • Detroit Public Library – Laptops-To-Go | 313-481-1400 | Visit any Detroit Public Library or call number to the left to inquire about available laptops and/or internet hotspots.
  • Human-I-T | https://store.human-i-t.org/ | Low-cost internet and computers
  • PCs for People | https://www.pcsforpeople.org/get-tech/ | Low-cost internet and computers
  • Affordable Internet Connectivity program | https://www.fcc.gov/acp | Credit for free or low-cost internet with a variety of internet providers, including well-known providers like Xfinity and Verizon.
Health and Wellness
Education
People with Disabilities, Mobility Issues and Seniors
Veterans
Returning Citizens