DISASTER DISTRESS HELPLINE | SAMHSA
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857
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By Telephone; By Text; By Website
Free
Vermont
Description
Provides a confidential helpline staffed by trained counselors who offer crisis counseling to individuals in emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. Counselors will provide information on how to recognize distress and the effects of disaster-related stress on individuals and families. Tips for healthy coping will be provided as well as referrals to federal, state, and regional agencies that will assist during periods of post-disaster stress. Specialized services available to the deaf, hard of hearing, and those with hearing loss. Videophone for ASL users: Call 1-800-985-5990 from a videophone-enabled device, or click on “ASL Now” at https://disasterdistress.samhsa.gov
Last Assured
07/22/2025
What's Here
Providing organization
SAMHSA
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) is the agency established by Congress to target substance abuse and mental health services to the people most in need and to translate all research in these areas more effectively and rapidly into the general health care system. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. To accomplish its work SAMHSA administers a combination of competitive formula and block grant programs and data collection activities.