Organizations in New York State
| CIS Counseling Center |
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| What Is Provided: | Outpatient mental health, substance abuse and case management services |
| For Whom: | People in need |
| Contact: | Call (212) 385-0086 (mental health services) or (212) 964-0128 (addiction services), or visit www.ciscounseling.com |
| Other Languages: | Farsi, Russian, Spanish |
| Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush |
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| What Is Provided: | Counseling and support groups, advocacy, crisis intervention, case management |
| For Whom: | Victims of 9/11 |
| Contact: | Call (718) 377-2900 or visit www.cojoflatbush.org |
| Other Languages: | Arabic, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Yiddish |
| Faithful Response |
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| What Is Provided: | Free mental health care, counseling, and case management services |
| For Whom: | Individuals struggling with the effects of 9/11 and related events |
| Contact: | Call (516) 679-0080 or visit www.faithfulresponse.org |
| Other Languages: | Italian, Spanish |
| LifeNet |
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| What Is Provided: | Telephone hotline providing free, confidential crisis intervention, referral and information |
| For Whom: | Primarily serves the NYC area but can connect callers to referral hotlines throughout the United States |
| Contact: | Call (800) 543-3638 (English)
(212) 982-5284 (TTY for Deaf/Hearing Impaired)
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| Other Languages: | Spanish, Chinese, and Deaf |
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| What Is Provided: | Mental health treatment, support groups and referrals |
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| For Whom: | Mothers (and their children) who were pregnant when they lost their husbands on 9/11 or gave birth in the months just before |
| Contact: | Call (212) 675-1918 or visit www.nyspi.org/Communication_Sciences/form.htm |
| Response Hotline of Suffolk County |
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| What Is Provided: | A 24-hour free, confidential, anonymous crisis intervention hotline, and online crisis counseling service |
| For Whom: | Suffolk County residents |
| Contact: | Call (631) 751-7500 (English) or (631)751-7423 (Spanish - only available M-F, 5 - 10 pm) or visit responsehotline.org |
| Other Languages: | Chinese, and Spanish |
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| Saint Vincent’s Trauma and Wellness Center |
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| What Is Provided: | Adult, child and adolescent mental health counseling and complementary holistic services |
| For Whom: | Anyone affected by the events of September 11th |
| Contact: | Call (212) 346-2582 |
| Other Languages: | Chinese, and Spanish |
| The St. Mark’s Place Institute |
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| What Is Provided: | 9/11 related counseling and casework |
| For Whom: | Anyone in New York City |
| Contact: | Contact Peter Turco at (212) 982-3470 and ask for the 9/11 Wellness and Recovery Program |
| Other Languages: | French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Ukranian |
| Sky Help |
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| What Is Provided: | Three-or four-day small group “resilience and rebuilding” workshops |
| For Whom: | Uniformed, civilian, and volunteer personnel who have served in 9/11 rescue/recovery efforts; returning veterans and individuals returning from recent disasters; caregivers, survivors, chaplains, and trauma responders |
| Contact: | Call (877) 759-4357 or visit www.skyhelp.org |
| StoryCorps |
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| What Is Provided: | Opportunity to honor and record stories about the lives of those who were lost on 9/11 |
| For Whom: | Anyone who wants to share a story related to 9/11 |
| Contact: | The StoryBooth in New York City is located in Grand Central Terminal.
To make a reservation or for additional locations, call 646-723-7027 or visit www.storycorps.org/initiatives/september-11th |
| Other Languages: | Interviews can be conducted in any language |
| Trauma Studies and Services at Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute |
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| What Is Provided: | Research treatment with special focus on psychological consequences of trauma |
| For Whom: | Free psychiatric evaluation to anyone who was directly or indirectly affected by the events of 9/11 |
| Contact: | Call (212) 543-6747 |
Organizations Outside New York State
National
| LifeNet |
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| What Is Provided: | Telephone hotline providing free, confidential crisis intervention, referral and information |
| For Whom: | Primarily serves the NYC area but can connect callers to referral hotlines throughout the United States |
| Contact: | Call (800) 543-3638 (English)
(212) 982-5284 (TTY for Deaf/Hearing Impaired) |
| Other Languages: | Spanish, and Chinese |
Connecticut
| Connecticut Information Line |
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| What Is Provided: | Telephone hotline providing information about community services, referrals to human services, and crisis intervention |
| For Whom: | Any Connecticut resident |
| Contact: | Call 211 or (800) 203-1234 (outside of Connecticut) |
| Other Languages: | Spanish |
Illinois
Massachusetts
| Massachusetts 9/11 Fund |
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| What Is Provided: | Direct services, information and referral, community building and advocacy |
| For Whom: | Families in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island who lost loved ones on 9/11 |
| Contact: | Call (866) 386-3911 or visit www.massfund.org |
New Jersey
| Jewish Family and Vocational Services of Middlesex County |
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| What Is Provided: | Mental health services including community education/wellness activities, individual therapy, support groups, and advocacy services |
| For Whom: | Evacuees, families, and dependents of the deceased, affected residents, injured survivors, and recovery workers |
| Contact: | Call (732) 777-1940 or visit www.jfvs.org |
| New Jersey Vets Helpline |
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| What Is Provided: | Free and confidential mental health helpline |
| For Whom: | New Jersey veterans of all wars and their families; military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve Personnel, who were deployed to the WTC site and/or Iraq |
| Contact: | Call (866) 838-7654 or visit www.njveteranshelpline.org |
| Other Languages: | Spanish |
| Sky Help |
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| What Is Provided: | Three-or four-day small group “resilience and rebuilding” workshops |
| For Whom: | Uniformed, civilian, and volunteer personnel who have served in 9/11 rescue/recovery efforts; returning veterans, and individuals returning from recent disasters; caregivers, survivors, chaplains, and trauma responders |
| Contact: | Call (877) 759-4357 or visit www.skyhelp.org |
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