Resources

🌊 Emergency Services

• Call 911 if you’re having an emergency or are unsure who else to call.

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (24/7, confidential, available in Spanish).
  Call or text 988 |

• Crisis Text Line
  For a wide range of issues, text HOME to 741741

🌊 Crisis & Mental Health Hotlines

• Trans Lifeline
  Peer-led hotline for trans individuals.
  (877) 565-8860 (Mon–Fri, 1 PM–9 PM EST)

• NYC Well
  24/7 crisis intervention, mental health support, and referrals.
  (888) 692-9355 | Text: WELL to 65173

• The Trevor Project
  Crisis support for LGBTQ+ youth under 25.
  (866) 488-7386 | Text: START to 678-678

🌊 Emergency Housing & Shelter

• Ali Forney Center
  Emergency and transitional housing for LGBTQ+ youth (ages 16–24).
  

• Coalition for the Homeless – TGNC Resources
  Housing and crisis services for transgender and gender non-conforming individuals.
  

• Housing Works
  Housing and legal services for LGBTQ+ and low-income communities.
  57 Willoughby Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
  (347) 473-7400

🌊 Legal & Violence Support

• NYC Anti-Violence Project (AVP)
  Support for LGBTQ+ survivors of violence, including immigrants.
  24/7 bilingual hotline: (212) 714-1141

• Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP)
  Legal aid for low-income transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming individuals.
  

• Immigrant Defense Project Hotline
  Legal support for immigrants facing detention or deportation.
  (212) 725-6422 (Tues & Thurs, 2–4:30 PM)

• Helping Survivors

  Empowering survivors of sexual violence with support, information, and resources.

🌊 Trans-Affirming Health Care

• Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
  Culturally affirming health care, including transgender hormone therapy and mental health.
  

• NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan – Pride Health Center
  Gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy and surgeries.
  

• NY State LGBTQIA+ Resources
  Comprehensive list of LGBTQ+ resources for youth and mental health.
  

🌊 Emergency Immigration Resources

• ActionNYC / MOIA Immigration Legal Support Hotline
  (800) 354-0365 (Mon–Fri, 9 AM–6 PM)

• New York State New Americans Hotline
  (800) 566-7636 (Mon–Fri, 9 AM–8 PM)

• Legal Services NYC
  Free legal help for immigration, housing, and public benefits.
  (917) 661-4500 (Mon–Fri, 9:30 AM–4 PM)

• Catholic Charities Community Services
  Immigration legal support including asylum and deportation defense.
  (888) 744-7900

• NYC 311
  Non-emergency city services and immigration information.
  Call 311

• New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)
  Trainings, workshops, and resources for immigrant communities.
  

• Safe Passage Project
  Free legal representation for immigrant children under 21.
  

🌊 Additional Support Services

• Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
  (800) 422-4453

• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  (800) 799-7233

• The Network/La Red
  Support for LGBTQ+ individuals experiencing domestic violence.
  (800) 832-1901

• National Human Trafficking Hotline
  (888) 373-7888 | Text: 233733

• Claro

  limited legal advice to low-income New Yorkers facing debt collection lawsuits, through the NY State Courts Access to Justice Program.

• SAMHSA National Helpline
  Substance abuse support (24/7, in Spanish).
  (800) 622-4357

• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
  (800) 950-6264 | Text “Helpline” to 62640