If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out to:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 (Veterans press 1, Spanish Line press 2) | chat | Videophone for Deaf/HoH
Trevor Lifeline for LGBTQ Youth: call 1-866-488-7386 | text 678-678 | chat
Trans Lifeline for trans peer support: call 1-877-565-8860
Please note that the Suicide Prevention Program is not a crisis intervention service. If you or a loved one are having thoughts of suicide or in emotional distress, we encourage you to reach out for help. The suicide prevention helplines noted above provide free and confidential emotional support 24/7. If you are in need of an urgent community based mental health assessment or intervention or connection to a treatment provider in MA, please call or text the Behavioral Health Help Line at 833-773-2445. If you have a life-threatening emergency, please call or text 911.
To get in touch with the program, please email: DPH-MA-SuicidePrevention@mass.gov
Suicide Prevention Program staff:
- Danielle Bolduc, Director
- Mariel Batista, Grant Coordinator
- Darlyn Beaujour, Training Coordinator
- Greg Tocco, Contract Coordinator
- Daniel Weiss, Grants & Youth Prevention Coordinator