CRISIS RESOURCE LIST
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Call 911 if this is a medical or life threatening emergency.
If you need the police, ask for a CIT officer. They have received extra training on handling these situations.
Please be aware that police are not equipped to offer mental health support and may even pose danger to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, Transgender, Mentally Ill, Neurodivergent, and Disabled People.
Please reach out to community leaders, neighbors, friends, and family to be present if you are calling the police.
See below for crisis warm-lines that do not use police intervention
If this is NOT a medical or life threatening emergency, see below for local resources.
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YOU HAVE A CHOICE ABOUT HOW TO GET SERVICES WHEN YOU ARE IN A CRISIS
PHONE FIRST
The Fairfax- Falls Church Community Services Board, in partnership with PRS CrisisLink, offers a suicide prevention text line in Fairfax. Anyone can text "CONNECT" to 855-11 and a PRS CrisisLink volunteer will respond within minutes. You can also call 703-527-4077, any time 24/7.
HAVE SUPPORT COME TO YOU
The Mobile Crisis Unit (MCU) is an emergency mental health program of the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board that provides on-scene evaluation, treatment and crisis intervention in the community. You can call 703-573-5679.
CR2 Child & Adolescent Mobile Crisis Unit provides 24-hour rapid response to children, youth, and adults facing a mental health and/or substance use crisis who may be at risk for hospitalization. You can call 844-627-4747 or 571-364-7390.
REACH (Regional, Education, Assessment, Crisis Services, Habilitation) is available 24/7 for individuals of all ages with documented evidence of intellectual and/or developmental disability and individuals over 18 years of age with mental health and/or at risk behavioral challenges. REACH services include mobile crisis response teams for crisis stabilization and prevention for adults and youth as well as a crisis therapeutic home for adults in need of short-term crisis stabilization and prevention outside of their home. You can
call 855-897-8278.
GO TO A CRISIS CENTER
The Merrifield Center offers walk-in, emergency psychiatric services and is located at 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Dr, Fairfax, VA 22031, Lower Level. You can call 703-573-567.
The Wellness Circle Crisis Stabilization Unit is a 16-bed regional facility that provides an alternative to psychiatric hospitalization for Northern Virginia residents. Services are accessed through local Community Services Boards. The program is located at 4410 Shirley Gate Road, Fairfax VA 22030. You can
call 703-205-9452.
OTHER CRISIS LINES
-National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Call 988
Free, private support. It's available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Anyone who is depressed, going through a hard time, needs to talk or is thinking about hurting themself can get help. Could report to the police- use with discretion
-National Domestic Violence Hotline
(800) 799-7233
Could report to the police- use with discretion
-Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)
(800) 656- 4673
Could report to the police- use with discretion
-Veterans Crisis Line (800) 273-8255
Could report to the police- use with discretion
-Parent Hotline
(800) 840-6537
DeafLEAD Deaf Crisis Line Videophone: 321-800-3323 / Deaf Crisis Line ASL
Crisis support for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened, and DeafBlind individuals at deaflead.org. Could report to the police- use with discretion
-Blackline (prioritizing BIPOC)
(800) 604-5841
Peer support and counseling prioritizing BIPOC, with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. "We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent."
-Trans Lifeline (877) 565-8860
Trans peer support for Trans community that’s been "divested from police since day one. Run by and for Trans people." Does not use non-consensual police intervention.
-Wildflower Alliance Peer Support Line 1-888-407-4515
Warmline answered by a trained peer supporters. "We do not trace or send any type of intervention under any circumstances without consent."
-StrongHearts Native Helpline 1-844-762-8483
24/7 confidential and anonymous culturally-appropriate domestic and sexual violence helpline for Native Americans. "advocates do not request or record the contact’s identification and/or address."
-Thrive Lifeline 1-313-662-8209 (text line)
Trans-led and operated, focusing on people with intersecting marginalized identities. Does not "engage in non-consensual active rescue"
