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Provides peer counseling telephone support and information lines on postpartum depression. Website has extensive information and resources.

Offers a supportive environment where parents and caregivers support each other and explore new parenting strategies and underlying emotional issues.

Provides shelter and counseling for battered women and their children. Counseling for survivors of sexual assault, molestation, and domestic abuse is also provided at the Community Building. Answers a 24-hour crisis phone line for domestic violence survivors, victims of sexual assault or molestation. Line is open to anyone in a threatening or abusive environment and who are not in immediate physical danger. Operates a restraining order clinic and a food pantry for needy families. Provides temporary shelter for homeless families in a safe, supportive environment including a shelter for single fathers with kids.

Provides services for pregnant women of all ages experiencing unplanned pregnancy including pregnancy counseling, and adoption services. Answers a 24-hour crisis pregnancy hotline is available as well as an online counselor available for live chat.

Provides hotline runaway and homeless youth offering shelter options, mediation, information and referral, and phone or in-person counseling. Provides free, immediate help to youth ages 0-17, including immediate housing in a foster home, crisis counseling, family mediation, transportation and referrals. Center is a Safe Place site. If a longer stay is needed, the youth would likely be placed in a foster home for shelter. SAFE Place is not a long-term shelter.

Offers crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources to victims of child abuse. All calls are anonymous and confidential. The Hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who, through interpreters, can provide assistance in 140 languages.

Provides a statewide, toll free, 24-hour, confidential phone line available to young people between the ages of 12-24, and concerned friends and family members. Offers crisis intervention counseling on many issues including family problems, sexual assault, eating disorders, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, suicide and more. Provides support, encouragement, and referrals to youth needing assistance or in crisis situations. Website lists resources available for youth.

Provides shelter and counseling for battered women and their children. Counseling for survivors of sexual assault, molestation, and domestic abuse is also provided at the Community Building. Answers a 24-hour crisis phone line for domestic violence survivors, victims of sexual assault or molestation. Line is open to anyone in a threatening or abusive environment and who are not in immediate physical danger. Operates a restraining order clinic and a food pantry for needy families. Provides temporary shelter for homeless families in a safe, supportive environment including a shelter for single fathers with kids.

Provides a free, nationwide, helpline via chat, text, call, or email. Offers support and provides practical next steps.

Offers child kidnapping prevention, missing children location assistance, runaway/homeless youth helplines, specialized information and referral and conflict resolution. Provides professional services to defuse family conflicts that can lead to abduction and abuse such as: crisis intervention, conflict resolution, safety planning, and communication/parenting skill-building.

Provides dependable breastfeeding information and support to Contra Costa County women including answers to breastfeeding questions, follow-up support (warmline consultants will continue support of a breastfeeding mother to help her resolve breastfeeding problems), referrals to WIC Breastfeeding Counselors (for WIC participants only), referrals to in-person lactation support, and referrals to other services as appropriate. Staffed by volunteers who are experts on breastfeeding and related issues, all calls made to the warmline are responded to within 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Provides counseling and police escorts to sexually abused victims through: 24-hour crisis line counseling, in person support, including accompaniment to hospitals, police interviews, and legal proceedings.

Provides human trafficking prevention education and outreach and provides  crisis intervention for victims of human trafficking.

Provides telephone crisis counseling, grief counseling, suicide prevention services, including response to 800-273-TALK and 800-SUICIDE. Provides information and referral to community programs. Answers all after-hours calls to Contra Costa County Child Protective Services and Contra Costa County Adult Protective Services. Clients can call or text "HOPE" to 20121 to reach a crisis counselor 24 hours daily.

Offers a national, toll-free hotline, available to answer calls, texts, and chats from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. The Hotline is a program of Polaris, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working exclusively on the issue of human trafficking. The Hotline is not a government entity, law enforcement, or an immigration authority.

Provides over-the-phone support, safety planning, access to the Asian Women's Shelter and services, and information and referrals.

Provides a national toll-free suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth. Callers can talk to trained counselors and find local resources. Website has resources, events, and more.

Provides a national, 24-hour, and toll-free suicide prevention service to those in suicidal crisis who are seeking help. Individuals seeking help can dial 1-800-273-TALK (8255) and are routed to the closest possible provider of mental health and suicide prevention services. The Contra Costa Crisis Center is part of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network.

Provides domestic violence intervention which consists of crisis and peer counseling, risk assessment, safety planning, domestic violence education, court accompaniment, legal advocacy and referrals, peer support groups and other related support resources for the clients and their family. STAND! has offices in Central, East and West counties, as well as services and shelters at confidential locations. Volunteers are used extensively.

Provides free pregnancy tests, mentoring, community resources, pregnancy and parenting information, and maternity and baby items.

Provides counseling and police escorts to sexually abused victims through: 24-hour crisis line counseling, in-person support, including accompaniment to hospitals, police interviews, and legal proceedings.

Provides victims of sexual assault free, confidential services that include a 24/7 National Sexual Assault Hotline, a National Sexual Assault Online Hotline and education for prevention of sexual assault.

Provides a national toll-free suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth. Callers can talk to trained counselors and find local resources. Offers Chat and text services. Visit website for more details.

Provides 24/7 hotline for youth who are contemplating running away or have already run away. Website has online bulletin boards, youth, parent and educator information on legal topics, peer pressure, relationships, family issues and more. Services offered include: crisis Intervention, message relay, conference calling, Home Free (in partnership with Greyhound Lines, Inc.), prevention/education/outreach, information and referral.

Provides shelter/services for battered women or battered women with children up to the age of 18 who are in danger and have no other resources. Services include legal assistance including obtaining restraining orders, counseling, and assistance in locating housing and employment. Non-shelter clients can make an appointment to see a domestic violence crisis counselor.