Direct Services Closed 12/24 - 1/2

Board FAQs, help and general announcements about the boards for users.
Heather
scarleteen founder & director
Posts: 9532
Joined: Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:43 am
Age: 53
Awesomeness Quotient: I have been a sex educator for over 25 years!
Primary language: english
Pronouns: they/them
Sexual identity: queery-queer-queer
Location: Chicago

Direct Services Closed 12/24 - 1/2

Unread post by Heather »

http://www.scarleteen.com/blog/heather_ ... year_break

We normally make ourselves available over the holidays when many other organizations are closed, but this year we're going ahead and giving all of our staff a holiday break. We've had such a hard year, like so many, and some time for all who work so hard here to rest and regroup at the end of it is necessary so we can keep doing our work well and have get needed self-care.

We'll head out during the day on Saturday, December 24th, and we and all our services will be available again beginning Monday, January 2nd. We wish everyone who celebrates holidays during this time -- as well as all who don't -- peace, joy and warmth, and look forward to working with all of you directly again in 2017.

As always, all of the static portions of the site will be available. We will not be available in any of our direct services, but the message boards will be online as read-only during this time.

For those who need direct help or crisis care during this time, we suggest use of the hotlines below:
  • Alcohol & Drug Abuse Crisis Line: 1-800-234-0420
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National STI Hotline: 1-800-227-8922
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention AIDS Hotline: 1-800-232-4636
    Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453
    Crisis Text Line: Text keyword GO to the phone number 741741
    Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention: 1-800-931-2237
    Emergency Contraception Information: 1-888-NOT-2-LATE
    Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Support Line: 1-800-850-8078
    Gay and Transgender Hate Crime Hotline: 1-800-616-HATE
    Love Is Respect Abuse Crisis Line: 1-866-331-9474 or text LOVEIS to 22522
    National Abortion Federation Hotline: 1-800-772-9100
    National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
    National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929
    National Safe Place: Text keyword SAFE to 69866
    National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK
    National Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-800-442-HOPE
    Planned Parenthood: 1-800-230-PLAN
    Pregnancy Helpline: 1-800-848-5683
    The Samritans: 116 123 (UK)
    Self-Injury Hotline: 1-800-DONT CUT
    Teen Helpline: 1-800-400-0900
    Teenline: 1-800-522-TEEN or text keyword TEEN to 839863
    Trans Lifeline - 877-565-8860
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead