Disaster Relief Resources
If you or someone you care about needs help, contact your health care provider to get connected with trained and caring professionals. Anyone in crisis or thinking about suicide should call SAMHSA’s National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). It is important to seek professional help if you need it.
Following are Federal resources as well as local resources and hotlines in the Gulf states.
Agencies and offices across the Federal Government offer resources in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
SAMHSA
SAMHSA Disaster Response
Tip Sheets for Coping with Traumatic Events (for general public, parents, teachers, and disaster response workers)
SAMHSA Disaster Kit Materials (for first responders, local and state service providers, and disaster survivors)
SAMHSA Immediate Response Information Specific to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Other Federal Agencies
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Environmental Protection Agency
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Library of Medicine
Florida:
Florida Oil Spill Information Line
(888) 337-3569
(877) 955-8773 (Spanish)
(877) 955-8707 (Creole)
(800)955-8771 (TDD)
(800)955-8770 (voice)
BP Hotline and Community Info
(866) 448-5816
The following community-based behavioral health helplines are in the eight counties most immediately at risk. These combine behavioral health provider and United Way-funded hotlines.
ESCAMBIA & SANTA ROSA COUNTIES:
Lakeview Center - Baptist Health Care, 24 hours / 7 days,
HelpLine (850) 438-1617,
TeenLine, (850) 433-TEEN (8336)
First Call for Help Information and Referral
(850) 595-5905
OKALOOSA COUNTY:
Bridgeway Center Behavioral & Educational Centers, Crisis Line, 24 hours/7 days,
Fort Walton Beach, (850) 244-9191,
Crestview, (850) 682-0101
First Call For Help information Center, M F 8 am 5 pm
Okaloosa County (850) 243-9111
Walton County (850) 951-0800
WALTON COUNTY:
Chautauqua Offices of Psychotherapy and Evaluation, C.O.P.E. Center Helpline 24 hours / 7 days
DeFuniak Springs
(850) 892-HELP, (850) 892-4357
Santa Rosa Beach
(850) 267-2220
1-800-955-8770; 1-800-955-8771 TDD
BAY & GULF COUNTIES:
Life Management Center
850-522-4485
Information and Referral
850-617-6333
FRANKLIN & WAKULLA COUNTIES:
Apalachee Center
850-523-3333
2-1-1 Big Bend, Crisis Intervention Hotlines, 24 hours / 7 days,
Helpline 211: Dial 211 or (850) 224-NEED (6333)
1-800-352-5683 Toll-free Statewide
Alabama
AltaPointe Health Systems, Inc., 5750-A Southland Drive Mobile, AL 36693, 251-450-2211 Crisis
Baldwin County Mental Health Center, Gulf Oil Crisis Counseling Hotline, 372 S Greeno Road Fairhope, AL 36532, 800-558-8295
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana Spirit Coastal Recovery Counseling Program, free telephone-based counseling, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, 1-866-310-7977
Mississippi
Mississippi Dept of Mental Health, Office of Constituency Services Hotline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 1-877-210-8513, (601) 359-6295, (601) 359-6230 (TDD)
Texas
Suicide and Crisis Center, (214) 828-1000
Crisis Intervention of Houston, Inc., (713) 468-5463
2-1-1 Texas, formerly known as First Call for Help, available statewide, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; online assistance for information and referral network is available at http://www.hhs.state.tx.us/tirn/tirnhome.shtml