Crisis Intervention Hotlines/Helplines | Crisis Text Line
Eligibility
We exist to help anyone in crisis at any time. “If it’s a crisis to you, it’s a crisis to us.”
Hours
24/7
Languages
English
Application process
You text 741741 when in crisis, available 24/7 in the United States.
A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds quickly.
The Crisis Counselor helps you move from a hot moment to a cool calm to stay safe and healthy using effective active listening and suggested referrals - all through text message, using Crisis Text Line’s secure platform.
Fees
None
Text HOME to 741741 or message on website.
If in a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 immediately.
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Crisis Text Line is the free, nationwide, 24/7 text line for people in crisis. The service is powered by volunteer Crisis Counselors who work remotely anywhere with a computer and secure internet connection.
Our Crisis Counselors bring texters "from a hot moment to a cool calm" using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they've built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter's goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe.
Last Assured
01/14/2026
What's Here
Providing organization
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741 or message on website.
If in a life-threatening emergency, please call 911 immediately.
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Crisis Text Line is the free, nationwide, 24/7 text line for people in crisis. The service is powered by volunteer Crisis Counselors who work remotely anywhere with a computer and secure internet connection.
Our Crisis Counselors bring texters "from a hot moment to a cool calm" using techniques in empathetic listening. Once they've built rapport and trust, explored the issues, and established the texter's goal, they collaboratively problem-solve to help the texter come up with a plan to stay safe.