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Kendall County Prevention Resources

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.

Kendall County Health Department

1-630-553-9100

The Kendall County Health Department provides a wide array of services to protect and promote the public’s health.

Kendall County Health Department Crisis Intervention Services

1-630-553-9100

Crisis intervention services are available on any county campus during normal business hours and 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through the emergency crisis line.

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.

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