RESOURCES FOR YOUR CHILD’S MENTAL HEALTH

Concerned about your child's mental health? There is help! Below are resources for your child's mental health or you can download the flyer in English | Spanish | Amharic.

• Reach out to your child’s teacher, school social worker, counselor or psychologist; for ACPS, call 703.619.8108 or email student_services@acps.k12.va.us
• Discuss your concerns with your child’s pediatrician
• Contact your insurance company for options
• Contact Child & Family Behavioral Health Services at 571.213.7963; priority is given to youth most at risk and those without insurance
• Check out the Resource Directory for Alexandria’s Youth and Young Adults

Youth Mental Health Access

Attention youth! Feeling sad a lot. hopeless, anxious, irritable can't concentrate, or worried about your drug use? There is help! Below are resources for youth mental health access or you can download the flyer in English | Spanish

• Discuss your concerns with an adult you trust, including your doctor.
• Make a free confidential appointment with the Teen Wellness Center at Alexandria City High School. Text "APPT" to 571.329.2245 or call 703.746.4776.
• Reach out to your teacher, school social worker, counselor, or psychologist. For ACPS: 703.619.8108 or student_services@acps.k12.va.us.
• Contact Child & Family Behavioral Health Services: 571.213.7963 or DCHSYouthIntake@alexandriava.gov
• Get info on opioids, fentanyl and get Narcan, the free overdose reversal nasal spray, to help save a life.
• Check out the Resource Directory for Alexandria’s Youth and Young Adults.

Feel like hurting yourself or others? Do your thoughts scare you? Get help now!

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Call 988 or chat online at 988lifeline.org/chat
• Alexandria Emergency Mental Health Services (24/7 response): 703.746.3401
• Trevor Project- help for LGBTQI+ youth 1.866.488.7386, or text START to 678- 678, or chat online 24/7 through thetrevorproject.org/get-help

Additional Resources

• DCHS Adult Outpatient Services 
  If you or another adult is struggling emotionally and you don’t have insurance, call 703.746.3535.
• Emergency Mental Health Services
  If you are worried that your child or another family member might hurt themselves or others, call 703.746.3401 or 911.
• Emotional Support Line
  Call 703.215.1898 (English) or 703.914.3878 (Spanish)
  Monday – Sunday 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
• Parent Support Line
  Text “SUPPORT” or “PARENTING” to 30644
  Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  Call 988 or chat online at Lifeline Chat