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Help when you need it now

Emergency Assistance

If you are in immediate danger or experiencing a life-threatening emergency in the United States, call 911.

Crisis support

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988

Call or text 988 in the United States for confidential crisis support.

Visit 988 Lifeline

Domestic violence

National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), text START to 88788, or visit the hotline online.

Visit The Hotline

National support

National Hotlines

NOTE: National hotline organizations can connect survivors with local direct service providers.

West Texas support

Local West Texas Resources

Lubbock, Texas

Women’s Protective Services of Lubbock

P.O. Box 54089Lubbock, TX 79453
Hotline: (800) 736-6491 (24 hours)Hotline: (806) 748-5292 (24 hours)Website: https://www.wpslubbock.org/

Provides services for domestic violence victims and their children, including a 24-hour crisis hotline, shelter, therapy, support groups, parent education, children’s programs, assistance to obtain legal and social services, a job readiness program, and an intervention program. WPS serves Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry, and Yoakum counties.

Midland, Texas

Safe Place offers services to victims of domestic violence in English and Spanish, including a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, legal advocacy, counseling, support groups, a children’s program, and an intervention program for abusers. It serves victims living in a 15-county area of West Texas that includes Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Reeves, Upton, Ward, and Winkler counties.

Odessa, Texas

Provides services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and financial abuse in West Texas. Services include a 24-hour hotline, emergency shelter, case management, counseling for survivors and their children, prevention education, and more. The shelter has rooms connected to kennels, which allows some residents to bring their pets.