Crisis Intervention Services

988 Videophone: - By Web: Contact using a webcam enabled device or by clicking the 988 ASL Now button through the 988 Lifeline website https://988lifeline.org/help-yourself/for-deaf-hard-of-hearing/ OR DeafLead's website https://deaflead.org/services/crisis-intervention/988-chat-text/ - By Videophone: Contact by using a personal videophone or smartphone (video relay service application) and dial 988 988 Chat and Text: - By Chat: Contact using a computer, tablet or smartphone through 988 Lifeline website https://988lifeline.org/chat/ OR DeafLead's website https://deaflead.org/services/crisis-intervention/988-chat-text/ - By Text: Contact using a phone and texting 988

Service area

Description

Deaf Crisis Line/Disaster Distress Helpline: Provides a 24 hour/7 days a week free, confidential crisis helpline utilizing videophone and American Sign Language (ASL). Also offers texting. - Deaf Crisis Line: Supports individuals who are facing a variety of challenges and are victims of crimes including survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, mental health challenges, and more. - Disaster Distress Hotline: Supports callers who have been affected by natural or man-made disasters. Crisis Interpreting: Supports individuals with trauma-sensitive American Sign Language interpreting that mitigates retraumatizing the survivor and adds an extra layer of sensitivity. Also provides training on trauma-informed interpreting and mental health interpreting. Victim Services: Provides services to deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and late-deafened victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and crime and their families, including: - Advocacy - legal, medical, and personal? - Counseling - Case management - Crisis intervention - 24 hour/7 days a week deaf crisis line - Emotional support - Trauma-Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) - Interpreting services

What's Here

Individual Advocacy Victims/Survivors Crime Victim/Witness Counseling General Crisis Intervention Hotlines Specialized Crime Victim Assistance Hearing Loss Post Disaster Crisis Hotlines Yoga Sign Language Interpretation Mental Health Crisis Lines Deaf-Blindness Case/Care Management

Providing organization

DeafLEAD

To provide leadership through education, advocacy, crisis intervention services, counseling, and other direct services for deaf, hard of hearing, deaf and blind, late deafened and hearing victims, survivors, and their families.