Resources

Free 24/7 line that will find you local mental health or substance use treatment and tell you what it costs, including options if you are uninsured.

Mental health and peer support

Free live online classes each week teaching older adults practical technology skills — video calling, smartphones, online safety — plus in-person centres and partner sites.

Social connection and community

Free one-to-one Medicare counselling from trained local counsellors who have nothing to sell you, covering enrolment, plan comparison, appeals and help paying premiums.

Aging and senior services

Free national network for people who have lived with HIV for ten years or more, running regional town halls, virtual meet-ups and bi-monthly webinars.

HIV and sexual health

Peer support line staffed entirely by trans and non-binary operators, with a firm policy of never calling police or emergency services without your explicit request. Monday to Friday, 1–9pm ET.

Crisis and warmlines

Free confidential 24/7 support for veterans and service members from responders trained in military experience. No VA enrolment or benefits needed.

Crisis and warmlines

Free phone and online groups running every day of the year — book clubs, music, meditation, discussion — that you join by dialling in, no computer needed. For people 60 and up.

Social connection and community

LGBTQ+-focused community health centre in Washington DC providing primary care, dental, behavioural health and HIV prevention and treatment regardless of ability to pay.

Health and wellness