National & Statewide Resources
988 Lifeline
Call: 9-8-8 | Text: 9-8-8 | Chat: Chat online | Services: Veterans / Military | Español / Spanish | LGBTQI+ | Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Loss
Call if you or someone else is in distress, feels like there may be a risk of suicide, or is having a crisis related to mental health, substance use, or a developmental disability.
Georgia Crisis & Access Line (GCAL)
Call: 1.800.715.GCAL (1.800.715.4225) | Text or Chat: MyGCAL App
Call for access services or for immediate crisis support. Trained, caring professionals are available to assist with emotional, mental health, substance use, and developmental disability needs, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You may also download the MyGCAL App to text or chat with GCAL any time.
Crisis Text Line
Text: GA to 741-741
Veterans & Military Crisis Line
Call: 9-8-8 and Press 1 | Text: 838255 | Chat: Chat online
Confidential support for Veterans, Active Military, and their Families and Friends.
TrevorLifeline
Call: 1.866.488.7386 | Text: START to 678-678 | Chat: TrevorChat
Warm lines are non-emergency/non-crisis call lines that provide additional support when you need it.
Emotional/Mental Health
Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network (GMHCN) Peer2 Peer Warm Line
Call: 1.888.945.1414
Free, 24/7 support for people living with behavioral health needs, recovering from trauma or loss, or who are experiencing life’s challenges.
Addiction Recovery
CARES (Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialist) Recovery Warm Line
Call or Text: 1.844.326.5400
Call 8:30 am to 11:00 pm, any day if you or someone you know is seeking recovery from substance use disorder.
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD)
988 Georgia Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
United Survivors International
National Sports Shooting Foundation: Suicide Prevention
Click here to download additional Help & Crisis Resources
Suicide Loss is Different
“The term, ‘Survivor of Suicide Loss,’ refers to anyone whose life has been affected by a suicide loss. Some survivors may have experienced the loss of a spouse, child, parent, or other close relative. Others may have lost a friend, coworker, or acquaintance.”
~ Support for Survivors of Suicide Loss, Georgia DBHDD
The loss of a loved one, friend, coworker, or acquaintance is unlike any other loss we experience. When suicide takes someone we know, it forever changes our lives. It is often shocking, painful, and unexpected, and it can leave us with lots of questions and difficult emotions. The grief that follows can also be intense, complex, and long term.
The process of working through grief after suicide loss, or grief work, is personal and unique; each person will experience it in their own way and at their own pace. It can be challenging, but there are resources that can help survivors navigate the grieving process and make the journey less lonely.
Resources for Survivors of Suicide Loss
The resources listed below are meant to help those survivors of suicide loss in their greatest time of need:
Support for Survivors of Suicide Loss – Support for Survivors of Suicide Loss is a free guide for anyone who has experienced the loss of someone to suicide. The guide provides resources to help survivors navigate grief as well as information about community and counseling supports to aid in healing.
Georgia Suicide Bereavement Groups (map)
A Handbook for Coping with Suicide Grief (AAS)
Children, Teens and Suicide Loss English | Spanish
Surviving A Suicide Loss – A Resource and Healing Guide (AFSP)
In addition to national and statewide resources, local communities also offer a variety of treatment options and community prevention resources. To learn more about resources in your area, click the map or select your region from the county list below:
Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Hart, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White, Whitfield
Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jenkins, Jones, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Monroe, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Twiggs, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wilkinson
Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale
Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Worth
Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Dodge, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox
Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Peach, Pike, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson, Webster
The Region 1 Field Office coordinates a network of public mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive disease and prevention services for 31 counties in North Georgia. For information about resources in your community and non-emergency services, contact our field office or locate a service provider through Provider Search.
Comprehensive Community Providers (CCP)
Also known as Community Service Boards (CSB) or Tier 1 providers, CCPs are Georgia’s safety net providers. These agencies provide suicide screening, assessment, and treatment, as well as a full range of other behavioral health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services. The CCPs which serve this region are:
Avita Community Partners
Counties Served: Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White
Bridge Health
Counties Served: Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Walker
Highland Rivers Health
Counties Served: Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Pickens, Polk, Whitfield
Suicide Prevention Coalitions
Suicide Prevention Coalitions are community-based, multisector collaborations which come together to work on reducing suicide in a defined community (usually a county). These groups of dedicated community members work together to raise awareness, identify and address gaps in services, and apply strategies to help reduce the risk of suicide for citizens, ensure they receive appropriate care, and provide support to survivors of suicide loss.
The following Suicide Prevention Coalitions have been established in Region 1 and regularly participate in networking and prevention activities with the Suicide Prevention Program at Georgia DBHDD:
Cherokee County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Dawson County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Family Mental Health Promotion
Counties Served: Catoosa, Walker
Forsyth County Mental Health Task Force
Gordon-Murray-Whitfield System of Care Community Council
Hall County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Lumpkin Community Prevention Alliance Workgroup (CPAW)
Union Community Prevention Alliance Workgroup (CPAW)
Towns Community Prevention Alliance Workgroup (CPAW)
Georgia Highlands College Toward Zero Suicide Coalition
All Campuses
The Region 2 Field Office coordinates a network of public mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive disease and prevention services for 33 counties in East Central Georgia. For information about resources in your community and non-emergency services, contact our field office or locate a service provider through Provider Search.
Comprehensive Community Providers (CCP)
Also known as Community Service Boards (CSB) or Tier 1 providers, CCPs are Georgia’s safety net providers. These agencies provide suicide screening, assessment, and treatment, as well as a full range of other behavioral health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services. The CCPs which serve this region are:
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems
Counties Served: Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton
Community Service Board (CSB) of Middle Georgia
Counties Served: Burke, Emanuel, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Screven
Oconee Center
Counties Served: Baldwin, Hancock, Jasper, Putnam, Washington, Wilkinson
River Edge Behavioral Health
Counties Served: Bibb, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs
Serenity Behavioral Health Systems
Counties Served: Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes
Suicide Prevention Coalitions
Suicide Prevention Coalitions are community-based, multisector collaborations which come together to work on reducing suicide in a defined community (usually a county). These groups of dedicated community members work together to raise awareness, identify and address gaps in services, and apply strategies to help reduce the risk of suicide for citizens, ensure they receive appropriate care, and provide support to survivors of suicide loss.
The following Suicide Prevention Coalitions have been established in Region 2 and regularly participate in networking and prevention activities with the Suicide Prevention Program at Georgia DBHDD:
Barrow County Suicide Prevention Task Force
Jones County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Macon-Bibb Suicide Prevention Coalition
Richmond County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Voices of Hope Suicide Prevention Coalition
Counties Served: Emanuel, Johnson
The Region 3 Field Office coordinates a network of public mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive disease and prevention services for 6 counties in the Metro Atlanta Area. For information about resources in your community and non-emergency services, contact our field office or locate a service provider through Provider Search.
Comprehensive Community Providers (CCP)
Also known as Community Service Boards (CSB) or Tier 1 providers, CCPs are Georgia’s safety net providers. These agencies provide suicide screening, assessment, and treatment, as well as a full range of other behavioral health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services. The CCPs which serve this region are:
DeKalb Community Service Board (CSB)
Fulton County Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities
View Point Health
Counties Served: Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale
Suicide Prevention Coalitions
Suicide Prevention Coalitions are community-based, multisector collaborations which come together to work on reducing suicide in a defined community (usually a county). These groups of dedicated community members work together to raise awareness, identify and address gaps in services, and apply strategies to help reduce the risk of suicide for citizens, ensure they receive appropriate care, and provide support to survivors of suicide loss.
The following Suicide Prevention Coalitions have been established in Region 3 and regularly participate in networking and prevention activities with the Suicide Prevention Program at Georgia DBHDD:
Gwinnett County Suicide Prevention Coalition
John’s Creek Mental Wellness Task Force
Newton-Rockdale Suicide Prevention Coalition
Suicide Prevention Coalition of Georgia
The Region 4 Field Office coordinates a network of public mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive disease and prevention services for 24 counties in Southwest Georgia. For information about resources in your community and non-emergency services, contact our field office or locate a service provider through Provider Search.
Comprehensive Community Providers (CCP)
Also known as Community Service Boards (CSB) or Tier 1 providers, CCPs are Georgia’s safety net providers. These agencies provide suicide screening, assessment, and treatment, as well as a full range of other behavioral health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services. The CCPs which serve this region are:
Aspire Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities Services
Counties Served: Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Lee, Miller, Terrell, Worth
Georgia Pines
Counties Served: Colquitt, Decatur, Grady, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas
Legacy Behavioral Health Services
Counties Served: Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, Turner
Suicide Prevention Coalitions
Suicide Prevention Coalitions are community-based, multisector collaborations which come together to work on reducing suicide in a defined community (usually a county). These groups of dedicated community members work together to raise awareness, identify and address gaps in services, and apply strategies to help reduce the risk of suicide for citizens, ensure they receive appropriate care, and provide support to survivors of suicide loss.
The following Suicide Prevention Coalitions have been established in Region 4 and regularly participate in networking and prevention activities with the Suicide Prevention Program at Georgia DBHDD:
The Region 5 Field Office coordinates a network of public mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive disease and prevention services for 34 counties in Southeast Georgia. For information about resources in your community and non-emergency services, contact our field office or locate a service provider through Provider Search.
Comprehensive Community Providers (CCP)
Also known as Community Service Boards (CSB) or Tier 1 providers, CCPs are Georgia’s safety net providers. These agencies provide suicide screening, assessment, and treatment, as well as a full range of other behavioral health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services. The CCPs which serve this region are:
Community Service Board (CSB) of Middle Georgia
Counties Served: Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler, Wilcox
Gateway Community Service Board
Counties Served: Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh
Pineland Behavioral Health / Developmental Disabilities
Counties Served: Appling, Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jeff Davis, Tattnall, Toombs, Wayne
Unison Behavioral Health
Counties Served: Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Pierce, Ware
Suicide Prevention Coalitions
Suicide Prevention Coalitions are community-based, multisector collaborations which come together to work on reducing suicide in a defined community (usually a county). These groups of dedicated community members work together to raise awareness, identify and address gaps in services, and apply strategies to help reduce the risk of suicide for citizens, ensure they receive appropriate care, and provide support to survivors of suicide loss.
The following Suicide Prevention Coalitions have been established in Region 5 and regularly participate in networking and prevention activities with the Suicide Prevention Program at Georgia DBHDD:
Brantley Stand Together Suicide Prevention Coalition
Camden County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Prevent Suicide Today
Counties Served: Chatham
Voices of Hope Suicide Prevention Coalition
Counties Served: Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler, Wilcox
The Region 6 Field Office coordinates a network of public mental health, developmental disabilities, addictive disease and prevention services for 31 counties in West Central Georgia. For information about resources in your community and non-emergency services, contact our field office or locate a service provider through Provider Search.
Comprehensive Community Providers (CCP)
Also known as Community Service Boards (CSB) or Tier 1 providers, CCPs are Georgia’s safety net providers. These agencies provide suicide screening, assessment, and treatment, as well as a full range of other behavioral health, substance use, and developmental disabilities services. The CCPs which serve this region are:
McIntosh Trail Community Service Board
Counties Served: Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson
Middle Flint BHC
Counties Served: Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Marion, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster
New Horizons Behavioral Health
Counties Served: Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot
Pathways Center
Counties Served: Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Meriwether, Troup
Suicide Prevention Coalitions
Suicide Prevention Coalitions are community-based, multisector collaborations which come together to work on reducing suicide in a defined community (usually a county). These groups of dedicated community members work together to raise awareness, identify and address gaps in services, and apply strategies to help reduce the risk of suicide for citizens, ensure they receive appropriate care, and provide support to survivors of suicide loss.
The following Suicide Prevention Coalitions have been established in Region 6 and regularly participate in networking and prevention activities with the Suicide Prevention Program at Georgia DBHDD:
Crawford County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Peach County Suicide Prevention Coalition
Suicide Prevention Coalition of Middle Georgia
Counties Served: Houston