Community Resources

Essential local and community services:

211 Information Services:

• Call 211

• www.211.org

CalHOPE 24/7:

• CalHOPE offers safe, secure, and culturally sensitive emotional support for Californians who have experience emotional challenges.

• Call (833) 317-4673 or chat at https://www.calhope.org/

• https://www.bewellline.com/

Didi Hirsch:

• https://didihirsch.org/

• Providing mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention services

NAMI:

• https://www.namioc.org/

• OC Warm Line: Text or Call (714) 991-6412

• NAMI Peer Connector: https://www.namioc.org/mentoring

LGBTQ+ Resources

LGBT National Hotline:

• Call (888) 843-4564

• LGBThotline.org

LGBT National Youth Hotline:

• Call (800) 246-7743

LGBT National Senior Hotline:

• Call (800) 234-7243

LGBT National Coming Out Support Line:

• Call (888) 688-5428 (888-OUT-LGBT)

Asian Pride Project:

• http://asianprideproject.org/

• Stories of LGBTQ+ triumphs and struggles in the API community

GAPIMNY - Empowering Queer & Trans Asian Pacific Islanders:

• https://gapimny.org/

• Providing a range of political, social, educational, and cultural programming and work in coalition with other community organizations to educate and promote dialogue on issues of race, sexuality, gender, and health.

Additional Resources:

https://www.chhs.ca.gov/youthresources/

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help

Mesothelioma Information:

• Mesothelioma and Mental Health Guide

• Mesothelioma Page

AAPI Resources:

Tayo Help:

• https://www.tayohelp.com/

• Virtual help desk designed to provide Filipinos information to help navigate the COVID-19 pandemic

Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA):

• https://www.sipacares.org/

• Organization to support Pilipino Americans and others by providing health and human services, community economic development, arts and culture, and a place where people of all backgrounds come together to strengthen the community

Center for the Pacific Asian Family:

• https://nurturingchange.org/

• Founded to help address domestic violence and sexual assault in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities

Asian Mental Health Collective:

• https://www.asianmhc.org/

• Normalize and destigmatize mental health access within the Asian community

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum:

• https://www.apiahf.org/

• Influences policy, mobilizes communities, and strengthens programs and organizations to improve the health of Asian Americans & Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders

Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities (MHACC):

• https://www.mhacc-usa.org/

• Nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise awareness of mental health within the Chinese community through advocacy, education, research, support, and services.