Resources & Trainings
Please refer to the filters below:
Suicide Prevention
If you or someone you know is having a mental health crisis, call the crisis line for your county or you can call 911 (e.g. if there is immediate danger of physical harm).
Crisis Text Line
Text “PA” to 741-741
Dauphin County Crisis Intervention Services
717-232-7511
National Graduate Student Crisis Line
1-800-472-3457 (1-800-GRAD-HLP)
National Hopeline Network
1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-TALK (8225)
Online Hotlines
Chat online at: www.ImAlive.org or www.CrisisChat.org
PA211
https://www.pa211.org/agency/7296/8903/
Postpartum Depression – Talk to a Mom who’s been there
1-800-773-6667 (1-800-PPD-MOMS)
Prevent Suicide PA
https://www.preventsuicidepa.org/task-force-county-init/dauphin/
QPR Institute
The Trevor Project – Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention for LBGTQ Youth
1-866-488-7386
Vet2Vet Veteran's Crisis Hotline
1-877-838-2838 (1-877-VET-2-VET)
Veteran’s Crisis Line
1-800-273-8255, PRESS #1
Youth America Hotline – Counseling for Teens by Teens
1-877-968-8454 (1-877-YOUTHLINE)
Youth Suicide Warning Signs
https://www.youthsuicidewarningsigns.org/Links to Dauphin County Resources
Contact HELPLINE
News Articles
New Dauphin County program provides mental health co-responders to help police divert individuals away from prison and into treatment
June 20, 2020 – Dauphin County Website News
https://www.dauphincounty.org/news_detail_T14_R323.php
Dauphin County Crisis Intervention Team Grows to Nearly 200 with Recent Graduation
2020 – Dauphin County Website News
https://www.dauphincounty.org/news_detail_T14_R523.php
‘Stepping Up’ Diversion Work for Mental Illness Earns Dauphin County National ‘Innovator County’ Recognition
2020 – Dauphin County Website News
https://www.dauphincounty.org/news_detail_T14_R437.php
Dauphin County program pairs mental health specialists with police
June 26, 2020 – ABC27 News
New Dauphin County program teams mental health co-responders with law enforcement
June 30, 2020 – Fox43 News
New Dauphin County program has specialists to help cops de-escalate, cut arrests in mental health incidents
June 30, 2020 – PennLive News
Dauphin County provides mental health co-responders, helping officers respond to calls
July 1, 2020 – CBS21 News
Midstate county implements co-responder law enforcement model
July 10, 2020 – WITF News
https://www.witf.org/2020/07/10/midstate-county-implements-co-responder-law-enforcement-model/
"It's going to be life-saving" | Dauphin County officers undergo Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training
August 6, 2020 – Fox43 News
Community Conversations: Citizen’s Advisory Committee, Co-Responder Program, and other News 8-28-20
August 28, 2020 – WHBG20 News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAg0jyG2EGA
Harrisburg to expand program that pairs mental health specialists with police officers to help with calls
December 23, 2020 – WGAL8 News
Dauphin County officials give update on program helping officers respond to mental illness
April 7, 2021 – CBS21 News
“Co-responders” ride with police, defuse difficult situations
April 8, 2021 – ABC27 News
https://www.abc27.com/news/local/co-responders-ride-with-police-defuse-difficult-situations/
Harrisburg police successfully de-escalate a potentially dangerous situation
May 27, 2021 – Fox43 News