Services and Resources for Teens
24 Hour Hotlines/Crisis Counseling
Mental Health Crisis Services
1-888-678-7277
If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, call 911 immediately. If you are experiencing a mental or emotional crisis, call our 24-hour Access Line at 1-888-678-7277 for mental health resources or the Contra Costa Crisis Center at 1-800-833-2900 for 24-hour crisis support.
STAND! For Families Free of Violence:
www.standffov.org
Crisis Line: 1-888-215-5555
Contra Costa Crisis Center:
http://www.crisis-center.org/
Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 1-800-833-2900
California Youth Crisis Line:
1-800-843-5200
Community Violence Solutions:
Central Co.: 925-798-7273
West Co.: 510-236-7273
East Co.: 925-439-7273
Shelter
Stand! Against Domestic Violence:
(Formerly Battered Women's Alternatives)
Accepts adolescent victims (women only) on a case-by-case basis.
1-888-215-5555.
Contra Costa Youth Runaway Hotline:
1-800-718-4357.
Diamond Youth Shelter:
San Francisco-based emergency shelter for homeless and runaway youth. 1-800-887-1020.
Counseling
A Step Forward Child Abuse Treatment:
Individual counseling for youth healing from sexual abuse; varied rates. 925-685-9670.
Medi-Cal Mental Health Services:
Individual therapy for Medi-Cal patients. 1-888-678-7277.
Stepping Stones Counseling Center:
Individual and group counseling for girls healing from sexual abuse, abusive relationships, and sexual assault. Free of charge or sliding scale fee. 510-307-4131.
Turning Point Counseling Center:
Individual counseling for youth; varied rates. 925-934-8925.
Legal and Victim Services
Stand! Against Domestic Violence Legal Program:
Assistance with restraining orders, family law issues, etc. 925-676-3122.
Victim/Witness Program:
Provides support services, referrals, and consultation to victims of violent crime, on how to apply for restitution from the state of California. 1-800-648-0600.
Self Defense
Girls' Assertiveness Training, Rape Crisis Center:
Seven hour course on assertive behavior, self-defense, decision-making, and more. 510-237-0133.
Community Violence Solutions:
Central Co.: 925-798-7273
West Co.: 510-236-7273
East Co.: 925-439-7273
Internet Resources
Love Doesn't Have to Hurt Teens:
http://www.apa.org/pi/pii/teen/
The Love Doesn't Have to Hurt Teens site includes sections on the dynamics of abusive relationships, ways for concerned friends to provide help, and resources for teens.
Queer America:
Resources for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered Youth:
http://www.queeramerica.com/
QueerAmerica is a database that includes information for queer and questioning youth on community centers, support organizations, and lesbigay youth groups.
Safety Planning:
http://www.safenetwork.net/
If you're being abused, this teen focused plan can help you figure out ways to stay safe.
Teen Central:
http://www.teencentral.net/
TeenCentral.Net is a help-line web site for teens, by teens. Looking for new options, new ideas, new friends? Got a story to tell, a wrong to right, a problem to sort out? Visit Teen Central!