Thank you for sharing your answers on the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). 

If you or someone you care about needs help and cannot talk about it with your parents or guardians, please let a teacher, school counselor, nurse, or another trusted adult know. 

STUDENT RESOURCES FOR: 

  • Dating Abuse 
  • Eating Disorders 
  • Homeless—Runaway Concerns 
  • Mental Health—Suicide 
  • STIs—HIV-AIDS 
  • Sexual Exploitation 
  • Substance—Drug Use 
  • Quitting Smoking or Vaping 

 

988 SUICIDE & CRISIS LIFELINE 

Call: 988 

Website: 988lifeline.org 

ASL, Chat, and Text links available 

24/7 Lifeline counselors provide free, confidential, and judgment-free support for people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress, their friends, and loved ones. 

ANAD (National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders) 

A National Eating Disorders Helpline 

Call: 1-888-375-7767 9 AM – 9 PM CST 

Website: ANAD.org 

Provides free, confidential peer support services to anyone struggling with an eating/body image disorder. Offers information on treatment options. 

CRISIS TEXT LINE 

Text: “HOME” to 741741 Website: www.crisistextline.org/text-us/ Online chat available in English and Spanish 

Provides free, confidential mental health support 24/7. Get help if you or someone you know is dealing with bullying, emotional abuse, self-harm, anxiety, or depression. 

CYBERTIPLINE 

Call: 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) 

Website: cybertipline.org 

Report child sexual exploitation, child pornography, and child prostitution if you or someone you know is a victim. 

LOVE IS RESPECT – A National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline 

Call: 1-866-331-9474 

TTY: 1-800-787-3227 

Text: ”LOVEIS” to 22522 

Website: loveisrespect.org 

Online chat available 

24/7 Free, confidential support and education for teens and young adults (13 to 26) who have questions about their romantic relationships. Information on how to support someone dealing with dating abuse. 

 

NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE 

Call: 1-888-373-7888 

Multilingual support 

TTY: 711 

Text: “BEFREE” or “HELP” to 233733 

Website: humantraffickinghotline.org 

Online chat available 

24/7 Free, confidential hotline for victims, survivors, and witnesses of human trafficking 

 

NATIONAL RUNAWAY SAFELINE 

Call: 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929) 

Text: 1-800-786-2929 

Website: 1800runaway.org 

24/7 Free, confidential support from counselors trained to listen, offer non-judgmental support and help create a plan to address concerns.

 

TAKE IT DOWN (a service provided by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) 

Website: takeitdown.ncmec.org 

Free service to help remove or stop online sharing of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken of you before you were 18. If there is an explicit image of you from when you were 18 or older, you can get help at stopncii.org. 

THE TREVOR HELPLINE 

Call: 1-866-488-7386 

Text: “START” to 678-678 

Website: theTrevorProject.org 

Online chat available 

Available 24/7, free, and confidential. Trained counselors available to LGBTQ+ young people for immediate crisis support, or just to listen without judgment. Connect with an international community of LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-24 on TrevorSpace.