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Community Resources Guide

About the Community Resources Guide

While we do update our guide annually, information may change over time. Please contact organizations with questions about their services or availability. Guide is also available as a downloadable document if you need a printable version.

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Resource Type

Alcoholics Anonymous

Our phone service can reach someone 24 hours a day for those in immediate need, as it pertains to an urgent need to stop drinking.


 

Phone Number
Address

600 Bel Air Blvd., Suite 224
Mobile, AL 36606
United States

Email Address
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American Red Cross

Have you been affected by a home fire or other disaster? The Red Cross is here for you. Please call us 24 hours a day.

Emergency Shelters and Veteran Assistance: Call for more information 


 Office hours are Monday - Friday, 8 AM – 5 PM


Local Office Phone: (251) 544-6100

Phone Number
Address

35 N Sage Ave
Mobile, AL 36607
United States

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Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline

Reporting child abuse can be scary, but if you are a witness to or a victim of child abuse there is a huge benefit to making the report yourself. Being able to tell your story first hand gives the child care worker much better information than if it came from someone not involved.


 

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Crisis Text Line

Text from anywhere in the United States, anytime. Crisis Text Line is here for any crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds, all from our secure online platform.


Text HOME to 741741 

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FEMA Emergency Hotline

FEMA’s mission is helping people before, during, and after disasters. Over 20,000 agency employees form a team of dedicated emergency management leaders. These leaders work collaboratively to share experiences and resources, building the FEMA the nation needs and deserves. They draw upon the strengths and expertise of stakeholders from all levels of government — tribal nations, territories, individuals, communities, the private sector, and nonprofit organizations — to guide how FEMA accomplishes its mission.

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Lifelines/Family Counseling Center of Mobile, Inc.

Regardless if you are someone in need of services, or someone who wants to give back to the community, or both – there is a place for you at Lifelines. At Lifelines, we CARE. Through Counseling, Assistance, Referrals and Education, it is our goal to provide Real Solutions for Real Problems that are experienced as a part of daily living.


Programs offered: 

Phone Number
Address

705 Oak Circle Drive East
Mobile, AL 36609
United States

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Love is Respect

Love is Respect advocates are available 24/7

  • We offer confidential support for teens, young adults, and their loved ones seeking help, resources, or information related to healthy relationships and dating abuse in the US. 
  • We’re available by text (“LOVEIS” to 22522), call (866-331-9474), or live chat online.
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

NCMEC is the nation’s largest and most influential child protection organization.

We lead the fight to protect children, creating vital resources for them and the people who keep them safe.

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National Domestic Violence Hotline

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) provides funding for the ongoing operation of a 24-hour, national, toll-free telephone hotline.

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National Helpline for Male Survivors

Weekly online support groups for men who were sexually abused or assaulted.

Confidential, Anonymous, and Facilitated by a Counselor


Weekly Schedule: 

  • Monday and Tuesday: 4:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. PST
  • Wednesday: 5:00 P.M.  - 6:30 P.M.  PST
  • Thursday: 4:00 P.M.  - 5:30 P.M.  PST
  • Friday: 9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. PST
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National Human Trafficking Hotline

What we do: 

  • National Human Trafficking Hotline.
  • Turning knowledge into targeted systems-level strategies to disrupt and prevent human trafficking.
  • Building a dataset that illuminates how human trafficking really works, in real time.
  • The National Survivor Study is a scientifically rigorous research project developed in full partnership with survivors of human trafficking to gain insights that we can use to push for real and impactful change.
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National Runaway Safeline

Confidential crisis intervention and support for runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth and their families. Available 24/7 via phone or live chat through our website. o May provide free bus tickets back home for qualifying youth ages 12-21.


Call or text 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929)


 

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National Sexual Assault Hotline

Please call us 24 hours a day.

RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country.


If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, help is available.

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National Street Harassment Hotline

Catcalls, sexually explicit comments, sexist remarks, homophobic slurs, groping, leering, stalking, flashing, and assault. Most women and some men will face gender-based street harassment by strangers in their life. Street harassment limits people's mobility and access to public spaces. It is a form of gender violence and it's a human rights violation.


Programs Available:

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National Suicide and Crisis Line

Dial 988 

For TTY Users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988 

Please call us 24 hours a day.


 

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