Suicide Series, Part 3: Local and National Resources

Danica Williams, MSW, CSWA
December 5, 2025

This is part 3 in my three-part series on suicide.

–> Part 1: Understanding Risk & Warning Signs
–> Part 2: Prevention, Intervention & Community Care

If you or someone you care about is in crisis, immediate help is available. The following list includes a variety of supports: local, national, in-person, virtual, culturally/community-specific, etc. These resources can help you connect with trained professionals, find ongoing care, and take steps to stay safe.

Crisis Resources

If you are in crisis or need immediate support, please contact one of the following free, confidential, and 24/7 resources:

Washington County Behavioral Health Crisis Line: Call (503) 291-9111
Multnomah County Behavioral Health Crisis Line: Call (503) 988-4888
Trevor Project: Call 1-866-488-7386 or text ‘START’ to 678-678
National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Dial 988, TTY: dial 711 then 988.

Local Urgent Walk-In Centers

Cascadia Mental Health Urgent Walk-In Clinic: Mon–Fri, 7 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Located at 4212 SE Division St, Portland, OR 97206
Hawthorn Walk-In Center: Mon–Fri, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.
Located at 5250 NE Elam Young Pkwy, Suite 100, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124

Peer Supports + Helplines:

YouthLine: Call (877) 968-8491, text “teen2teen” to 839863, or chat online.
YouthLine is a free peer-to-peer help, support, and crisis line for youth up to age 24. Youth are available to help daily from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults are available by phone at all other times.
Trans Lifeline: Call (877) 565-8860, Mon-Fri,10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a free, peer support phone service run by trans people for trans and questioning peers.
SAMHSA Helpline: Call 1-800-662-4357, TTY: 1-800-487-4889, or text your ZIP code to: 435748. SAMHSA helplines provide 24-hour free and confidential help, including treatment referral and information about mental health and drug or alcohol use disorders, prevention, and recovery in English and Spanish.
Review Human Rights Campaign | QTBIPOC Mental Health and Well-Being Crisis Resources for a more expansive list of community/culturally-specific warmlines, hotlines, and crisis resources.

Additional Readings + Resources:

Take the virtual course, Preventing Self-harm/suicide: Empowering Primary Health Care providers by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
A free virtual training course CALM: Counseling on Access to Lethal Means

Download the “How to support someone” by Rethink Mental Illness
Reference the 10 Self-Care tips article by Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE)
Review A Comprehensive Approach to Suicide Prevention by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) at the University of Oklahoma
Access various zines + webinars at Suicide Intervention Resources — Tiny Lantern – Carly Boyce. This is a resource with peer and community-based strategies for supporting folks in our lives who might be suicidal, as well as examining the beliefs and structures that keep suicide conversations under wraps.