Answer the call.

The 988 network is made up of over 200 centers answering calls, chats, and texts from people in crisis. These centers are looking to bring on new volunteers and paid employees. You will receive training, so if you are a caring person who wants to help those in crisis, apply today.

To facilitate this, below is a list of the centers with links to their career or volunteer websites where you can find open opportunities to become a crisis counselor or a manager.

Note: Centers with an asterisk (*) have remote opportunities.

Select a state or territory:

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Alabama

• Crisis Center (Birmingham, AL)
• Crisis Services of North Alabama/HELPline (Huntsville, AL)
• Lifelines (Mobile, AL)

Alaska

• Careline Crisis Intervention (Fairbanks, AK)

Arizona

• La Frontera EMPACT - Suicide Prevention Center (Tempe, AZ)*
• Solari, Inc. (Tempe, AZ)

Arkansas

• Arkansas Lifeline Call Center (Little Rock, AR)
• Arkansas Crisis Center (Springdale, AR)

California

• Buckelew Suicide Prevention Program (Novato, CA)
• Central Valley Suicide Prevention Hotline - Kings View (Fresno, CA)
• Contra Costa Crisis Center (Walnut Creek, CA)
• Crisis Support Services of Alameda County (Oakland, CA)*
• Kern Behavioral Health & Recovery Services Hotline (Bakersfield, CA)
• Optum (San Diego, CA)
• San Francisco Suicide Prevention Felton Institute (San Francisco, CA)
• Santa Clara County Suicide and Crisis Services (San Jose, CA)
• StarVista (San Carlos, CA)
• Suicide Prevention Center, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services (Century City, CA)* [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
• Suicide Prevention of Yolo County (Davis, CA)
• Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast (Santa Cruz, CA)*
• WellSpace Health (Sacramento, CA)

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Colorado

• Metro Crisis Services, Rocky Mountain Crisis Partners (Denver, CO)

Connecticut

• 2-1-1/United Way of Connecticut (Rocky Hill, CT)

Delaware

• ContactLifeline (Wilmington, DE)*

District of Columbia

• Department of Behavioral Health (Washington, DC)

Florida

• 2-1-1 Big Bend (Tallahassee, FL)*
• 2-1-1 Brevard (Rockledge, FL)*
• 2-1-1 Broward (Oakland Park, FL)
• 2-1-1 Heart of Florida United Way (Orlando, FL)*
• 2-1-1 Palm Beach/ Treasure Coast, Inc (Lantana, FL)
• 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares (Clearwater, FL)
• Alachua County Crisis Center (Gainesville, FL)
• Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, Inc. (Tampa, FL)
• David Lawrence Mental Health Center, Inc (Naples, FL)
• Jewish Community Services of South Florida (North Miami, FL) [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
• Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services (Pinellas Park, FL)
• United Way 2-1-1 (Jacksonville, FL)

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Georgia

• Behavioral Health Link (Atlanta, GA)

Guam

• Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center (Tamuning, GU)

Hawaii

• Hawaii CARES (Honolulu, HI)

Idaho

• Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline (Boise, ID)*

Illinois

• Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• Crisis Care Program - Lake County Health Department (Waukegan, IL)
• DuPage County Health Department (Wheaton, IL)
• Memorial Behavioral Health (Springfield, IL)
• Path Crisis Center (Bloomington, IL)*
• Suicide Prevention Services (Batavia, IL)

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Indiana

• A Better Way Services (Muncie, IN)
• Crisis Contact (Gary, IN)
• Mental Health America - Wabash Valley Region (Lafayette, IN)

Iowa

• CommUnity (Iowa City, IA)
• Foundation 2 Crisis Center (Cedar Rapids, IA)*

Kansas

• Kansas Suicide Prevention HQ (Lawrence, KS)
• Johnson County Crisis Line (Mission, KS)*
• COMCARE of Sedgwick County (Wichita, KS)

Kentucky

• The Adanta Group (Jamestown, KY)
• Communicare (Elizabethtown, KY)
• Crisis and information Line, RiverValley Behavioral Health (Owensboro, KY)
• Cumberland River Behavioral Health (Corbin, KY)
• Four Rivers Behavioral Health (Mayfield, KY)
• Kentucky River Community Care (Hazard, KY)
• LifeSkills Adult Crisis Unit (Bowling Green, KY)
• Mountain Comprehensive Care Center - Riverside Crisis Unit (Prestonsburg, KY)
• New Vista Helpline (Lexington, KY)*
• NorthKey (Covington, KY)
• Pathways Inc. (Ashland, KY)
• Pennyroyal Center Respond (Hopkinsville, KY)
• Seven Counties Services, Inc. (Louisville, KY)*

Louisiana

• Louisiana Association on Compulsive Gambling (Bossier City, LA)
• VIA LINK Call Center (New Orleans, LA)*

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Maine

• AMHC HELPLine (Caribou, ME)
• Crisis and Counseling (Augusta, ME)
• Maine Crisis Line, The Opportunity Alliance (South Portland, ME)

Maryland

• Baltimore County Crisis Response System/Affiliated Sante Group (Timonium, MD)
• Baltimore Crisis Response (Baltimore, MD)
• Community Crisis Services (Hyattsville, MD)* [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
• Eastern Shore Crisis Response Services (Cambridge, MD)
• EveryMind (Rockville, MD)*
• Frederick County Hotline (Frederick, MD)
• Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center (Columbia, MD)*
• Life Crisis Center (Salisbury, MD)

Massachusetts

• Call2Talk (Framingham, MA)
• Samaritans, Inc. (Boston, MA)*
• Samaritans on Cape Cod and the Islands (Falmouth, MA)*
• Samaritans of Merrimack Valley, a program of Family Services of the Merrimack Valley (Lawrence, MA)
• Samaritans Southcoast (Westport, MA)*

Michigan

• Common Ground (Bloomfield Hills, MI)*
• Dial Help (Houghton, MI)
• Gryphon Place (Kalamazoo, MI) [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
• Listening Ear Crisis Center (Mt. Pleasant, MI)
• Macomb County Community Mental Health (Clinton Township, MI)*
• Network 180 (Grand Rapids, MI)

Minnesota

• Carver County Health and Human Services (Waconia, MN)
• First Call for Help of Itasca County (Grand Rapids, MN)
• Greater Twin Cities United Way (Minneapolis, MN)*

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Mississippi

• CONTACT the Crisis Line (Jackson, MS)*
• CONTACT Helpline (Columbus, MS)

Missouri

• Behavioral Health Response (St. Louis, MO)*
• Burrell Behavioral Health (Springfield, MO)
• Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare (CommCare) Inc. (Kansas City, MO)
• Compass Health Network (Clinton, MO)
• DeafLEAD (Columbia, MO)
• Ozark Center (Joplin, MO)
• Provident, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)*

Montana

• The Help Center (Bozeman, MT)
• Voices of Hope (Great Falls, MT)
• Western Montana Mental Health (Missoula, MT)

Nebraska

• Boys Town National Hotline (Boys Town, NE)

Nevada

• Crisis Support Services of Nevada (Reno, NV)

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New Hampshire

• Beacon Health Options (Manchester, NH)
• Headrest (Lebanon, NH)

New Jersey

• Caring Contact (Westfield, NJ)*
• CONTACT of Burlington County (Moorestown, NJ)
• CONTACT of Mercer County (Pennington, NJ)*
  • Apply for an AmeriCorps position (PDF | 187 KB)*
• Mental Health Association of New Jersey (Springfield, NJ)
• Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (Piscataway, NJ)*

New Mexico

• Agora Crisis Center (Albuquerque, NM)
• New Mexico Crisis and Access Line (NE Albuquerque, NM)*

New York

• 2-1-1/LIFE LINE, a program of Goodwill of the Finger Lakes (Rochester, NY)*
• Contact Community Services (East Syracuse, NY)*
• Crisis Services (Buffalo, NY)*
• DASH (Diagnostic, Assessment and Stabilization Hub) of Family Service League, Inc. (Huntington, NY)
• Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health (Poughkeepsie, NY)
• Long Island Crisis Center (Bellmore, NY)*
• MCAT - Mobile Crisis Assessment Team of The Neighborhood Center, Inc. (Utica, NY)*
• Mental Health Association in Orange County, Inc. (Middletown NY)
• NYC Well / Here2Help Connect (New York, NY)
• Research Project (New York, NY)
• Response of Suffolk County (Stony Brook, NY)
• St. Vincent’s Hospital Westchester a Division of Saint Joseph’s Medical Center (Harrison, NY)
• Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service of Tompkins County (Ithaca, NY)*

North Carolina

• REAL Crisis Intervention (Greenville, NC)*

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North Dakota

• FirstLink Helpline (Fargo, ND)

Ohio

• Clermont Brown Crisis Hotline (Cincinnati, OH)
• Coleman Professional Services (Canton, OH)
• FrontLine Service (Cleveland, OH)
• Help Network of Northeast Ohio (Youngstown, OH)
• HelpLine of Delaware and Morrow Counties (Delaware, OH)
• Hopewell Health (Athens, OH)
• Mental Health Crisis Hotline, Community Health Alliance (Sojourner Recovery) (Hamilton, OH)
• Netcare Access (Columbus, OH)
• The Nord Center (Lorain, OH)*
• North Central Mental Health Services (Columbus, OH)
• Pathways of Central Ohio (Newark, OH)*
• Portage Path Behavioral (Akron, OH)
• Scioto Paint Valley Mental Health Center (Chillicothe, OH)
• Talbert House (Cincinnati, OH)
• TCN Behavioral Health (Xenia, OH)
• Townhall II (Kent, OH)
• We Care Regional Crisis Center Coleman Professional Services (Lima, OH)

Oklahoma

• Family & Children’s Services (Tulsa, OK)
• Heartline (Oklahoma City, OK)*
• Solari, Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK)

Oregon

• Lines for Life (Portland, OR)
• Northwest Human Services (Salem, OR)

Pennsylvania

• Center for Community Resources (Butler, PA)
• Centre Helps (State College, PA)*
• Chestnut Ridge Counseling Services, Inc. (Uniontown, PA)
• The City of Philadelphia through the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (Philadelphia, PA)
• Family Service Association of Bucks County (Langhorne, PA)
• Keystone Health/Crisis Intervention Program (Chambersburg, PA)
• Lancaster County Crisis Intervention (Lancaster, PA)
• Montgomery County Emergency Service (Norristown, PA)
• Resolve Crisis Services (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Resources for Human Development / New Perspectives Crisis Services (Stroudsburg, PA)
• Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, Crisis Services (Erie, PA)
• TrueNorth Wellness Services (Hanover, PA)*
• Valley Creek Crisis Center, Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems (Exton, PA)

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Puerto Rico

• Programa Integrado de Intervención en Crisis: Línea PAS (Primera Ayuda Psicosocial) (San Juan, PR)

Rhode Island

• Behavioral Healthcare Link (East Providence, RI)

South Carolina

• CRISISline-Mental Health America of Greenville County (Greenville, SC)*

South Dakota

• Helpline Center (Sioux Falls, SD)

Tennessee

• Centerstone Crisis Care Services (Nashville, TN)*
  • Apply for an AmeriCorps position (PDF | 187 KB)*
• CONTACT Care Line (Oak Ridge, TN)*
• The Crisis Center of Family & Children’s Service (Nashville, TN)*
• Frontier Health Mobile Crisis Response/Watauga Behavioral Health Services (Johnson City, TN)
• Memphis Crisis Center (Memphis, TN)
• Volunteer Crisis Services, Volunteer Behavioral Health (Chattanooga, TN)*

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Texas

• Emergence Health Network (El Paso, TX) [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
• The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD (Houston, TX)*
• ICARE Call Center of MHMR of Tarrant County (Fort Worth, TX)
• Integral Care (Austin, TX)*
• Suicide and Crisis Center (Dallas, TX)

Utah

• Huntsman Mental Health Institute Call Center (Salt Lake City, UT)*

Vermont

• Northeast Kingdom Human Services, Inc. (Newport, VT)
• Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (St. Albans, VT)

Virginia

• Helpline ACTS (Dumfries, VA)
• PRS CrisisLink (Oakton, VA)*
  • Apply for an AmeriCorps position (PDF | 187 KB)*
• Southside Survivor Response Center (Martinsville, VA)

Washington

• Crisis Connections (Seattle, WA)
• Frontier Behavioral Health (Spokane, WA)
• Volunteers of America/Crisis Response Services (Everett, WA)*

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West Virginia

• Help 4WV, First Choice Services (Charleston, WV)
  • Apply for an AmeriCorps position (PDF | 187 KB)*

Wisconsin

• Family Services Crisis Center and Statewide Crisis Call Center (Green Bay, WI)

Wyoming

• Central Wyoming Counseling Center (Casper, WY)
• Wyoming Lifeline (Greybull, WY)*

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For more information about careers with the Lifeline Administrator, please contact Vibrant Emotional Health (New York, NY).