Resources & Hotlines

Make It OK is a campaign for everyone, but we know that more specific help might be needed.

If a friend, family member or co-worker is going through a mental health crisis, there are steps you can take to help: How to help someone in a mental health crisis

Below are additional statewide resources that can help you or a loved one.  

Crisis lines

Your Life Iowa – 24/7 crisis support in the state of Iowa (call, text or live-chat)

• Call 1-855-581-8111 or text to 1-855-895-8398

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 1-800-273-8255 (En Español – 1-888-628-9454)
Crisis Text Line – Text 741741 for crisis help
The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Crisis and Suicide Hotline) – 866-488-7386
Veterans Crisis Line – 1-800-273-8255

Non-crisis resources and referrals

• NAMI Iowa
  • Email: info@namiiowa.org
  • Phone: 515-254-0417 (Weekdays 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
• Iowa Office of Consumer Affairs: confidential mental health and resource referrals and system navigation by peer and family support specialists and to report gaps in services.
  • Email: info@ocaiowa.org
  • Toll-free: 855-622-4692 (Weekdays 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
• 211: for general assistance referrals
• Iowa Compass: resources and services database and referral line for people with disabilities and complex health needs
  • Toll-free: 800-773-2001
  • For relay: 711
  • Text "Compass" to 85511
  • Click here to email Iowa Compass
  • Live Chat

• LGBQT
  • Trevor Project
  • Iowa Safe Schools
  • One Iowa
• Youth and Young Adults
  • NAMI
  • Please Pass the Love
• Veterans
  • NAMI
• African Americans
  • NAMI
  • Black Health Mental Alliance
• Latinx
  • NAMI
• Native American
  • SAMHSA
• New Iowans
  • U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
• Seniors
  • Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression
• Rural Iowans
  • NAMI Iowa
  • Local NAMI Iowa Chapters
  • Rural Health Information Hub