I Need Help

WITH HOUSING

Bridge Over Troubled Waters (opens new tab): Bridge can provide more than just shelter and a warm meal. Bridge helps youth find pathways to education, mental health counseling, career development, transitional living solutions, community support, and more

WITH MENTAL HEALTH

If you are in a crisis please call 911; the resources below are not emergency services.

Teen Connection (opens new tab): CHA Teen Connection provides mental health evaluations and support, accepts most insurances, and provides care regardless of your ability to pay. 

GLBT National Youth Hotline (opens new tab): Offers free, confidential, one-on-one peer support for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.

Trevor Project (opens new tab): A text, chat, or call hotline. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.

Crisis Text Line (opens new tab): A hotline you can text, chat, or whatsapp.

WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

RESPOND Inc (opens new tab): A domestic violence prevention agency. Can help those who need a domestic violence shelter. They also provide information about teen dating abuse (opens new tab), and have a (non-emergency) help line (opens new tab).

Safe Link by Casa Myrna (opens new tab): Statewide 24/7 toll-free domestic violence hotline and a resource for anyone affected by domestic or dating violence. Get help for yourself or a friend.

OTHER

Theft Prevention (opens new tab): A joint program with the Somerville Police, 311, and the City’s website to prevent the theft of bicycles and electronic devices and to solve crime.

Register your bicycle (opens new tab)

Finding a Lost Pet (opens new tab): Tips from the Humane Society of the United States

Report a Lost Pet (opens new tab): to the City of Somerville