2009 National and Statewide Hotlines and Websites - Compiled by 4People.org
ECONOMIC RESOURCE CENTER
Home Foreclosure Project (WSBA) 1-877-894-4663
One-Stop Economic Resource Center (2008-9)
(For those affected by the economy)
CRISIS/ABUSE
In an emergency, dial 9-1-1
Adult Protective Services 1-866-363-4276
CHILD HELP USA (Multilingual crisis intervention for child & domestic abuse) 1-800-422-4453
Child Protective Services 1-866-363-4276
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678
National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233
National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-RUNAWAY
National Suicide Hotlines 1-800-784-2433 or 1-800-273-8255
National Youth Crisis Hotline -1-800-448-4663
Poison Control Center 1-866-222-1222
Prevent Child Abuse America
Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network (RAINN) 1-800-656-4673
Safe Place for Newborns (alternative to abandoning babies) 1-877-440-2229
Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-784-2433
Trevor Project Suicide Prevention Hotline for Gays and Lesbians 1-866-488-7386
Washington State Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-562-6025
CASE MANAGEMENT
ESD (For homeless youth in school)
Offender Employment Services
Oxford House 1-800-689-6411
Washington County Veterans Coalition
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Washington State Homeless Coalition
CONSUMER/GOVERNMENT HOTLINES
9to-5 National Association of Working Women 1-800-522-0925
Auto/Child Safety Seat Hotline 1-888-327-4236
Better Business Bureau (BBB)
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Eastern Washington 1-800-356-1007
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Western Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission 1-800-638-2772
Credit Karma (free credit score - no credit card needed)
Department of Licensing (DOL)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (investigates discrimination) 1-800-669-4000
Equifax Credit Reporting Agency
- Fraud Alert 1-888-766-0008
- Free credit report 1-800-685-1111 (once yearly)
- Identify theft 1-888-766-0008
Experian Credit Reporting Agency 1-888-397-3742
Federal Trade Commission (Identity theft help) 1-877-FTC-HELP
Free Yearly Credit Report
Labor & Industries (work disability claims) 1-800-547-8367
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1-888-327-4236
Opt out of pre-screened credit offers 1-888-567-8688
Product Recalls
Recycling Information 1-800-RECYCLE
Small Business Administration 1-800-827-5722
Social Security Administration 1-800-772-1213
Taxpayer Advocate Service - IRS 1-877-275-8271
Telephone Assistance Program
Toll-Free Numbers Information 1-800-555-1212
Trans Union Credit Reporting Agency
- Fraud Alert 1-800-680-7289
- Free credit report 1-800-888-4213 (once yearly)
- Identify theft 1-800-680-7289
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (formerly INS) 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-767-1833)
Washington Legislative Hotline 1-800-562-6000
HAZARDOUS/POISONOUS SUBSTANCES
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry 1-888-422-8737
Environmental Protection Agency
Poison Control Center 1-866-222-1222
Toxology Data Network 1-888-FINDNLM
HEALTH HOTLINES/WEBSITES
- GENERAL HEALTH INFO -
Aerobics & Fitness Association of America 1-800-233-4886
American Medical Association (AMA) 1-800-621-8335
Medic Alert (provides medical alert regarding health conditions) 1-800-432-5378
Medline Plus (health information by NIH)
National Health Information Center
Washington State Department of Health (DOH) 1-800-525-0127 or 711 TTY
- ALZHEIMER's DISEASE -
Alzheimer's Association 1-800-272-3900 1-866-403-3073 TDD
Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center (ADEAR) 1-800-438-4380
Alzheimer's Foundation of America 1-866-AFA-8484
- ARTHRITIS -
Arthritis Foundation (Pacific Northwest Chapter) 1-800-283-7800 or 1-888-845-5695
- ASTHMA -
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
American College of Allergy and Immunology 1-800-842-7777
American Lung Association of Washington 1-800-732-9339
American Lung Association 1-800-LUNGUSA or 1-800-548-8252 to speak to a lung professional
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America 1-800-727-8462
CDC Asthma Information 1-800-232-4636 or 1-888-232-6348 TTY
- AUTOIMMUNE DEFIENCY DISORDER (AIDS/HIV) -
Averting AIDS and HIV (information about AIDS/HIV)
CDC HIV/AIDS Information 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636) or 1-888-232-6348 TTY
CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) 1-800-458-5231 & 1-800-656-4674 TTY
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service 1-800-448-0440
Project Inform National HIV/AIDS Treatment Hotline 1-800-822-7422
- CANCER -
American Cancer Society 1-800-227-2345 or 1-866-228-4327 TTY
Breast Cancer Network of Strength (talk to a survivor) 1-800-221-2141
Cancer Survivors Network 1-800-227-2345
Chemo Angels (for those undergoing chemotherapy)
National Cancer Information Service 1-800-4-CANCER(422-6237)
National Cancer Institute
National Children's Cancer Society 1-800-532-6459
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship 1-888-650-9127
Susan G. Koman for the Cure (breast cancer) 1-877-465-6636
- CEREBRAL PALSY -
United Cerebral Palsy 1-800-872-5827
- COLITIS and CROHN'S DISEASE -
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America 1-800-932-2423
- CYSTIC FIBROSIS -
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 1-800-344-4823
- DENTAL -
UW School of Dentistry Dental Referrals
Washington Dental Referral 1-800-800-1850
Washington Denturist Association (dentures) 1-800-680-9255
- DIABETES:
American Diabetes Association 1-800-342-2383
Eat Right (ADA nutrition information
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 1-800-533-CURE (2873)
Washington State Diabetes Connection
- DISABILITIES -
Described and Captioned Media Program 1-800-237-6213
Delta Society National Service Dog Resource Center 1-800-869-6898 1-800-809-2714 TTY
Disability Rights Washington 1-800-562-2702 1-800-905-0209 TTY
Dogs for the Deaf
DSHS Department of Developmental Disablities 1-800-634-4473
Easter Seals 1-800-221-6827
Golden Ears Hearing Dogs
March of Dimes Washington 1-800-727-3705
SSI & SSDI (Disability income) 1-800-562-6074
Washington Assistive Technology Alliance (helps disabled w/ technology) 1-800-214-8731 or 1-866-866-0162 (TTY)
- DOWN'S SYNDROME -
Down Syndrome Community (Washington)
National Down Syndrome Congress 1-800-232-6372
National Down Syndrome Society 1-800-221-4602
- DYSLEXIA -
Dyslexia Washington State
International Dyslexia Association
Learning Disabilities Association of America
Learning Disabilities Association of Washington
- EPILEPSY -
Epilepsy Foundation of America 1-800-332-1000
- FOOT CARE -
The Foot Health Network 1-800-526-2739
- HEAD INJURY -
Brain Injury Association of America 1-800-444-6443
Brain Injury Association of Washington 1-877-824-1766
National Aphasia Association (inability to speak) 1-800-922-4622
- HEADACHE INFORMATION -
American Headache Society
Headache.org
MAGNUM National Migraine Association
- HEARING -
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 1-800-638-8255
Described and Captioned Media Program 1-800-237-6213
Deaf Blind Link(Children) 1-800-438-9376 1-800-854-7013 TTY
Delta Society National Service Dog Resource Center 1-800-869-6898 1-800-809-2714 TTY
Dogs for the Deaf
Golden Ears Hearing Dogs
Hear Now (Helps financially needy individuals obtain hearing aids or cochlear implants) 1-800-648-4327
- HEART DISEASE -
American Heart Association
- Heart Information 1-800-242-8721
- Stroke Information 1-800-553-6321
Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
- HOSPICE -
Hospice Foundation of America
Hospice Line Information & Referral 1-800-331-1620
National Hospice Helpline 1-800-658-8989
Washington State Hospice & Palliative Care Locator 1-866-661-3739
- HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE -
Huntington Disease Society of America 1-800-345-4372
- HYPERTENSION -
American Society of Hypertension
- INCONTINENCE -
Simon Foundation for Continence 1-800-237-4666
- KIDNEY -
American Kidney Foundation 1-800-622-9010
PKD Foundation 1-800-PKD-CURE
- LUNGS -
American Lung Association of Washington 1-800-732-9339
American Lung Association 1-800-LUNGUSA or 1-800-548-8252 to speak to a lung professional
- LUPUS -
Lupus Foundation of America 1-800-558-0121
- LYME DISEASE -
Lyme Disease Foundation 1-800-886-LYME
Lyme Disease Network
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS -
Easter Seals 1-800-221-6827
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
National Multiple Sclerosis Society 1-800-344-4867
- MYASTHENIA GRAVIS -
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation 1-800-541-5454
- "ORPHAN"/RARE DISEASES -
National Organization for Rare Disorders 1-800-999-6673 (msgs only)
- PAGET'S DISEASE -
Paget's Foundation 1-800-23-PAGET
- PARALYSIS -
American Spinal Cord Injury Association 1-800-962-9629
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation 1-800-225-0292
Easter Seals 1-800-221-6827
Spinal Cord Central (resources & information)
United Spinal Association 1-800-404-2898
- PARKINSON'S DISEASE -
National Aphasia Association (inability to speak) 1-800-922-4622
National Parkinson's Foundation 1-800-327-4545
- PATIENT ADVOCACY -
Client Assistance Program 1-800-544-2121 1-888-721-6072 (tty)
Center for Patient Advocacy 800-846-7444 (advocates for patients & aids with getting cancer care)
Medicare Appeals 1-800-MEDICARE
Medicare Rights (aids w/Medicare access to care) 1-800-333-4114
Patient Advocate Foundation (helps appeal insurers' decisions) 1-800-532-5274
- POISONING -
American Association of Poison Control Centers
RX List - the internet drug index
Washington Poison Center 1-800-222-1222
- POLIO -
Polio Outreach of Washington
- PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE -
PPA - Partnership for Prescription Assistance 1-888-477-2669
- REHABILITATION -
DSHS Division of Vocational Rehabilitation 1-800-637-5627
National Rehabilitation Information Center 1-800-346-2742
- REYES SYNDROME -
National Reyes Syndrome Foundation 1-800-233-7393
- SICKLE CELL -
Northwest Sickle Cell Collaborative
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America 1-800-421-8453
- STD's - SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES -
American Social Health Association 1-800-227-8922
CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1-800-232-4636 or 1-888-232-6348 TTY
Washington State STD Program 1-800-272-2437
- SPINA BIFIDA -
Easter Seals 1-800-221-6827
Spina Bifida Association 1-800-621-3141
United Spinal Association 1-800-404-2898
- SPINAL CORD INJURY -
American Spinal Cord Injury Association 1-800-962-9629
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation 1-800-225-0292
Spinal Cord Central (resources & information)
United Spinal Association 1-800-404-2898
- STROKE -
American Heart Association 1-800-553-6321
Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
National Aphasia Association (inability to speak) 1-800-922-4622
National Stroke Association 1-800-787-6537
- STUTTERING -
National Center for Stuttering 1-800-221-2483
Stuttering Foundation of America 1-800-992-9392
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE -
- Alcohol -
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Al-Anon/Ala-Teen 1-800-344-2666
Alcohol & Drug Helpline 1-800-252-6465
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 1-800-925-7370
American Council on Alcoholism 1-800-527-5344
- Drugs and/or Alcohol -
Alcohol & Drug Helpline 1-800-252-6465
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Cocaine Anonymous (CA)
Club Drugs
Cocaine Helpline 1-800-COCAINE (24 hrs)
Drug Help 1-800-378-4435
Find Treatment 1-800-662-HELP
Office of National Drug Control Policy 1-800-656-4673
Seabrook House 1-800-761-7575
Street Drugs - Chart of street drugs
Marijuana Anonymous (MA) 1-800-766-6779
M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) 1-800-GET-MADD (438-6233)
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information 1-800-729-6686
National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependency 1-800-NCA-CALL (622-2255)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- Other Substance Abuse Hotlines & Websites -
Alliance for Consumer Education - Inhalant Abuse Prevention
Steroids Hotline 1-800-STEROIDS
- Smoking -
Quitline 1-800-QUIT-NOW
- SYRINGOMYELIA -
American Syringomylia & Chiari Alliance Project 1-800-ASAP-282
Syringomyelia Information
- TOURETTE SYNDROME -
National Tourette Syndrome Association
Tourette Syndrome "Plus"
- TRANSPLANTS (donor/recipient)-
Bone & Marrow Transplant Information Network 1-888-597-7674
Children's Organ Transplant Association (helps w/ expenses for children & adults) 1-800-366-2682
Living Bank (Organ/tissue donor registry & referrals for recipients) 1-800-528-2971
National Bone Marrow Transplant Link 1-800-546-5268
National Marrow Donor Program - Be the Match 1-888-999-6743
National Foundation for Transplants (provides support & assistance w/ all aspects of transplants) 1-800-489-3863
United Network for Organ Sharing (facilitates organ sharing) 1-888-894-6361
- UROLOGIC DISORDERS -
American Urological Foundation Association 1-800-828-7866
- VISION -
American Council of the Blind 1-800-424-8666
American Foundation for the Blind 1-800-232-5463
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind 1-800-548-4337
Guide Dogs for the Blind 1-800-295-4050
Helen Keller Services for the Blind
Prevent Blindness America 1-800-331-2020
National Association for Parents Children with Visual Impairments 1-800-562-6265
HEALTH INSURANCE
Apple Health for Kids (assistance w/ health care) 1-800-562-3022
HRSA Health Care Assistance in Washington State 1-800-562-3022
Healthy Kids Now 1-800-562-3022
PPA - Partnership for Prescription Assistance 1-888-477-2669
Washington Basic Health Plan 1-800-660-9840
HOUSING
Grass Roots Shelter Information for Washington State
Homelessness 24-hr Hotline 1-800-654-8595
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 1-877-741-3281
Oxford Houses of Washington State
LEGAL AID
Home Foreclosure Project (WSBA) 1-877-894-4663
National Center for Victims of Crime
Victim/Witness Notification Program 1-800-422-1536
Family and Friends of Violent Crime Victims1-800-346-7555
Northwest Justice Project CLEAR (civil legal aid)
- Inside King county 1-800-621-4636
- Outside King county 1-888-201-1014
- Seniors (60+) 1-888-387-7111
Washington State Bar Association (referrals) 1-800-945-WSBA
MENTAL & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
If you need to talk now, call 1-800-273-8255
- DEPRESSION -
About Depression and Suicide
Depression Screening Online
Live With Depression
National Foundation for Depressive Illness
- GAMBLING -
Gamblers Anonymous (GA) 1-877-NO GAMBLE (664-2625)
National Council on Problem Gambling 1-800-522-4700
Washington State Problem Gambling Program 1-800-547-6133
- GAY/LESBIAN MENTAL HEALTH -
Pride Institute for Lesbian and Gay Mental Health 1-800-54-PRIDE
Trevor Project Suicide Prevention for Gays and Lesbians 1-866-488-7386
- GENERAL -
American Association on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 1-800-424-3688
American Psychological Association
Anxiety Panic Attack Hotline 1-800-64-PANIC
Asperger Syndrome Coalition of U.S.
Gift from Within (for survivors of PTSD)
Mental Health America 1-800-969-6642
Mental Health Info Source 1-800-447-4474
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Washington State 1-800-782-9264
National Association on Mental Retardation 1-800-424-3688
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 1-800-421-4211
Self Abuse
Self-Mutilation 1-800-DONTCUT
The Arc 1-800-433-5255
- GRIEF RECOVERY -
Grief Healing
GROWW 1-800-445-4808
Pet Loss Hotline at Washington State 1-866-266-8635
- SUICIDE -
About Depression and Suicide
American Association of Suicidology
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 1-888-333-AFSP (2377)
Befrienders International
Live With Depression
National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-784-2433
National Youth Crisis Hotline 1-800-448-4663
Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-784-2433
Trevor Project Suicide Prevention for Gays and Lesbians 1-866-488-7386
Youth Suicide Prevention Program
PARENTING/FAMILIES
- ADOPTION -
Adoption.com (find profiles of hopeful parents)
Adoption Network(help guide and support expectant Mother through adoption process)
Adoption Support 1-800-562-5682
Adoptive Families (online magazine providing resources and stories of families considering adoption)
Bethany Christian Services 1-800-BETHANY (238-4269)
National Adoption Center 1-800-TO-ADOPT (1-800-862-3678)
Newborn Lifeline Network (prevention of abandonment of newborns) 1-866-694-BABY
- GENERAL INFORMATION -
American SIDS Institute 1-800-232-SIDS
Babycenter
BabyResource
Child Help Get help to stop abuse 1-800-4-A-CHILD
Children's Craniofacial Association 1-800-535-3643
Connect for Kids
Disney Family.com
Easter Seals 1-800-221-6827
Easter Seals of Washington
Expert Advice from Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW
Fathers Are Parents Too
Father's World
Healthy Youth! 1-800-CDC-INFO
International MOMS Club
Kid Source
Leche League International 1-800-LA-LECHE
Mocha Moms
Mothers and More
Mothers of Preschoolers
National Center for Fathering
National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-422-4453
National Fatherhood Initiative
National Child Care Information Center (in English and Spanish)
National Institute on Media and the Family
National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-RUN-AWAY
National Stepfamily Resource Center
Parent News
Parent Soup
Parenthood Web
Parenting Press
Parents - the anti-Drug
Parents Anonymous of Washington 800-932-4673
Parents Talk
Parents without Partners
PBS Parents
PFLAG Northwest
Positive Parenting
PRIDE Youth Programs 1-800-668-9277
Safe Place for Newborns (alternative to abandoning babies) 1-877-440-2229
Single Parents World
Special Olympics 1-800-452-6079
Steps for step mothers
Washington Domestic violence Hotline 1-800-562-6025
WIC Women, Infants, Children (food & nutrition) 1-800-322-2588
SENIORS
AARP 1-888-687-2277
AARP Washington 1-866-227-7457
Adult Abuse Hotline 1-866-363-4276
Adult Family Home/Assisted Living Facility Complaint Hotline 1-800-244-5908
Aging and Disability Services Administration (ADSA) 1-800-562-6078
Benefits Checkup
Easter Seals 1-800-221-6827
Easter Seals of Washington
Eldercare Locator Info & Referral 1-800-677-1116
Long Term Care Ombudsman 1-800-244-5908
Meals on Wheels Locator
National Assoc. of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
National Council on Aging
Retired Public Employees Council of Washington State 1-800-562-6097
Northwest Justice Project CLEAR*sr (legal aid for civil matters) 1-888-387-7111
Social Security Administration 1-800-772-1213
WA State Long Term Care Ombudsman 1-800-244-5908
WA State Ombudsman 1-800-562-6028
WA State Senior & Disabled Adults 1-800-422-3263
- HOSPICE -
Hospice Foundation of America
Hospice Line Information & Referral 1-800-331-1620
National Hospice Helpline 1-800-658-8989
Washington State Hospice & Palliative Care Locator 1-866-661-3739
TIME SENSITIVE HELP
- MISSING PERSONS -
A Way Out - Mediation for parental abduction, denial of & access to children 1-800-292-9688
Beyond Missing (steps to take, tempplate to create missing child flyer)
Child Find of America (missing children) 1-800-426-5678
Children of the Night (rescue children from prostitution) 1-800-551-1300
Covenant House Nine Line (relays msgs between child & parent) 1-800-999-9999
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678
National Center for Missing 1-800-782-7335
National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-RUN-AWAY
Vanished Children's Alliance 1-800-VANISHED (826-4743)
Washington State Patrol Missing Persons Unit 1-800-543-5678
- PREGNANCY -
Bethany Christian Services 1-800-BETHANY
Birthright International 1-800-550-4900
Newborn Lifeline Network (Prevention of abandonment of newborns) 1-866-694-BABY
Option Line (Pro Life) 1-800-395-HELP
Planned Parenthood 1-800-230-7526
Pregnancy Center (Pro Life) 1-800-395-HELP
Safe Place for Newborns (alternative to abandoning babies) 1-877-440-2229
WIC Women, Infants, Children (food & nutrition) 1-800-322-2588
TRANSPORTATION
APTA Washington Public Transit Info
National Patient Travel Center (help w/medical travel) 1-800-296-1217
VETERANS AFFAIRS
Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs 1-800-562-2308
United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Benefits 1-800-827-1000
- Education/GI Bill 1-888-442-4551
- Health Care 1-877-222-8387
- TDD 1-800-829-4833
YOUTH IN CRISIS
Child Help National Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD
Covenant House Nineline 1-800-999-9999
LGBT Teens
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678
National Runaway Switchboard 1-800-RUNAWAY
National Youth Crisis Hotline 1-800-448-4663
Compiled by 4People.org
Updated 7/14/2009