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McHenry 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.

McHenry County Department of Health

1-815-334-4510

McHenry County residents are touched every day by our services.

McHenry County Crisis Program 24-Hour Crisis Line

1-800-892-8900

The Crisis Line serves as the first point of contact for callers in need of immediate assistance and is a crucial part of the mental health emergency services in McHenry County.

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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