Other Helpful Services and Community Resources

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Help Center

Website: https://www.glbthotline.org/about.html

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) National Help Center, founded in 1996, is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that provides vital peer-support, community connections and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity. They offer three national hotlines:

• The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender National Hotline: 1-(888) 843-4564
• The GLBT National Youth Talkline (youth serving youth through age 25): 1-(800) 246-7743)
• The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) National Senior Hotline: 1 (888) 234-7243

The National Runaway Safeline

Phone: 800-RUNAWAY (800-786-2929)

Provides advice and assistance to runaways, including resources, shelter, transportation, assistance in finding counseling, and transitioning back to home life. NRS frontline staff will also act as advocates and mediators if/as needed.

The True Colors United

Phone: (212) 461-4401

The True Colors Fund is working to end homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth, creating a world in which all young people can be their true selves. True Colors United runs a database of service providers.

Pride Institute

Phone: (800) 547-7433 24/7

Chemical dependency/mental health referral and information hotline for the LGBTQ community.

Star Track

Website: http://startrackhealth.org

Star Track is a Maryland organization that specializes in reproductive and sexual healthcare. Their trans care (YTC) is a specialty program for transgender people 12 to 21 years old. YTC care includes:

• free support provided by transgender peer navigators
• access and management of hormone therapy & puberty blockers
• trans affirming gynecological services
• customized support and guidance for families, friends, and partners of transgender clients
• counseling referrals, clinical letter of support, and coordination for gender affirming surgery
• medical and non-medical case management
• transgender specific health education workshops and materials

Self Abuse Finally Ends (S.A.F.E)

Website: https://selfinjury.com/

S.A.F.E. ALTERNATIVES® is a nationally recognized treatment approach, professional network, and educational resource base, which is committed to helping you and others achieve an end to self-injurious behavior.

U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline

Phone: (800) 799-7233 (English and Spanish) (800) 787-3224 (TTY).

They also have an online chat feature available. Operating around the clock, seven days a week, confidential and free of cost, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides lifesaving tools and immediate support to enable victims to find safety and live lives free of abuse. Highly trained, experienced advocates offer compassionate support, crisis intervention information and referral services in over 170 languages.

Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)

Phone: (800) 656-HOPE / (800) 810-7440 (TTY).

The nation’s largest organization fighting sexual violence, RAINN also carries out programs to prevent sexual violence, help victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.

Turnaround

House of Ruth Maryland

Phone: 410-889-7884 Website: https://hruth.org/

The House of Ruth Maryland leads the fight to end violence against women and their children by confronting the attitudes, behaviors and systems that perpetuate it, and by providing victims with the services necessary to rebuild their lives safely and free of fear.

Their services include a 24 Hour Hotline, Client Service Coordinators who provide safety planning, basic needs assistance, and resource referral, Legal Clinic services providing free legal advice and representation, access to emergency shelter, Individual and group counseling, a comprehensive Children’s Program and abuse Intervention through the Gateway Project and Si Puedo which provides psycho-educational programs to individuals (men and women) who are emotionally, physically, or sexually abusing their partner; assists and educate victims to ensure their safety.

The emergency shelter offers 23 private rooms for women and children in imminent danger, onsite, state licensed childcare and health clinic; six transitional apartments and supportive services

AIDS in Prison Project Hotline

Phone: (718) 378-7022 (English and Spanish)

This hotline provides HIV and AIDS information for prisoners, and accepts collect calls.

National AIDS Hotline

Star Track

Planned Parenthood

Website: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Planned Parenthood is one of the nation’s leading providers of high-quality, affordable health care, and the nation’s largest provider of sex education. They offer compassionate care, backed by medical experts and more than 100 years of research in reproductive health.