The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
A free, 24/7 confidential service that can provide people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress, or those around them, with support, information, and local resources.
The Veteran Crisis Line and Military Crisis Line
Dial 988 then Press 1 or Text 838255
The Veterans Crisis Line and Military Crisis Line connect veterans and service members in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text.
Crisis Text Line
741-741
This free text-message service provides 24/7 support to those in crisis. Text 741-741 to connect with a trained crisis counselor right away.
Sangamon County Health Department
1-217-535-3100
Our mission is to provide personal and environmental health services which emphasize health promotion and the prevention of illness and disease.
Central Illinois SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education)
1-217-492-9608
SAVE works at the international, national, state and local levels to prevent suicide using a public health model in suicide prevention; concentrating its efforts on education and awareness.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Violence Prevention Efforts
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pub/technical-packages.html
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a number of technical packages to help communities use the best available evidence to prevent violence. The CDC has technical packages on Intimate Partner Violence, Preventing Suicide, Youth Violence, Sexual Violence and Child Abuse & Neglect.
