Veterans Crisis Line

Connect with the Veterans Crisis Line to reach caring, qualified responders with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Many of them are Veterans themselves.

The Veterans Crisis Line is a free, confidential resource available to any Veteran, even if they are not enrolled in VA health care or registered with VA. Care does not end when the conversation is over. The Veterans Crisis Line can connect Veterans to their local suicide prevention coordinators (SPC), who follow up to coordinate care.

Confidential
Available every day, 24/7
Serves all Veterans
Serves all service members
Serves National Guard and Reserve
Serves family members and friends

Since its launch in 2007, the Veterans Crisis Line has answered more than 5.2 million calls and initiated the dispatch of emergency services to callers in crisis more than 176,000 times. The Veterans Crisis Line anonymous online chat service, added in 2009, has engaged in more than 606,000 chats. In November 2011, the Veterans Crisis Line introduced a text-messaging service to provide another way for Veterans to connect with confidential, round-the-clock support and since then has responded to more than 193,000 texts.

Continuing care after the call, the Veterans Crisis Line has referred more than 936,000 Veterans to their local SPCs. Available in each VA medical center across the country, SPCs can connect Veterans to the counseling and services they need.

If you’re a Veteran in crisis or concerned about one, the Veterans Crisis Line is standing by to help 24 hours a day, seven days a week.