Local Hotline Numbers:

Adult Children of Alcoholics : 24 hour list of meetings – 773 929-4581

Alanon Family Group : 800 356-9996

Alateen Chicago – 312 890-1141

Alcoholics Anonymous

• 24 hour list of meetings and events – 312 346-1475
• Greater Chicagoland – 800 371-1475

Cocaine Anonymous

• 24 hour wait for end of message for meetings – 773 202-8898
• National Hotline – 800 262-2463

Codependency Anonymous

• 24 hour list of meetings – 312 609-3100

Crack Abuse

• Access helpline and treatment – 800 888-9383
• Addiction information & treatment – 800 274-2042
• Treatment Centers – 800 333-2294

Families Anonymous

• 24 hour list of meetings – 800 736-9805

Gamblers Anonymous – 312 346-1588

Narcotics Anonymous

• 24 hour list of events – 708 848-4052
• 24 hour list of meetings – 708 848-4884

Overeaters Anonymous – 708 802-1715

• Abuse prevention program – 800 421-0353

Alcohol and Drug Helpline 24 Hours – 800 821-4357

BE HIV

• HIV/AIDS – 847 475-2115

Catholic Charities

• Financial counseling, etc. – 312 655-7000

DCFS Child Abuse

• 24 hour abuse/neglect reports – 800 252-2873

Dept. of Human Services

• 24 hour – if at police station, will transport to shelter – 312 744-8004

Elder Abuse and Neglect

• Dept. on Aging (8:30am-5:00pm) – 800 252-8966
• After hours, weekends, holidays – 800 279-0400

Health Department

• Info/referrals 8:00am-9:00pm – 800 545-2200

Hopeline

• 24 hours in danger or help with homelessness – 847 228-3463
• Gay/lesbian counseling hotline – 773 871-2271

Human Rights

• State of IL discrimination issues – 312 814-6200

Illinois AIDS hotline

• Education/support/referrals (10am-10pm) – 800 243-2437

National AIDS line

• 24 hour education/support/referrals – 800 342-2437
• Hearing impaired TDD – 800 243-7889
• Se habla Espanol – 800 344-7432

National Domestic Violence Hotline

• Counseling/info/referrals – 800 799-7233

National Referrals to Local Agencies – 800 999-9999

National Runaway Switchboard CI/RS

• Sends messages, conference calls – 800 621-4000

Parental Stress Services

• Hotline – 312 463-0390

Parenting Classes

• Metropolitan Family Services Groups
• Classes in Loop & Rogers Park – 312 427-1102

Parents Resource Network

• WarmLine – 847 675-3555

Parents Anonymous

• Abuse prevention program – 800 421-0353

Parents of Newborns

• Hotline 24 hour staffed by an RN – 847 234-6161

Pregnancy Crisis

• Kenosha Crisis Pregnancies – life affirming
• Free info & testing – 262 658-2555

RAINN

• Rape, abuse, incest national network – 800 656-4673

SASS Hotline

• Unfunded children/wards of the state – 312 842-5200

Sarah’s Inn

• 24 hour domestic violence hotline – 708 386-3305

Self Help Central

• Referrals to self help groups (9am-4pm, M-F) – 847 291-0085

Self Injury

• Self abuse/injury – 800 699-2426

State of Illinois AIDS Hotline – 800 243-2437

State of Illinois Child Abuse Hotline – 800 252-2873

Student Self Advocacy helpline promoting student rights – 312 922-5150

Sexually Transmitted Disease hotline

• Info/education/referrals (8:30am-5:00pm, M-F) – 800 252-8989

Tough Love

• Parent support groups – 800 333-1069 or 800 926-5437

Trevor Hotline

• Suicide Hotline for gays/lesbians, bisexuals, adults, and youths – 800 850-8070

UIC Crisis InTouch Hotline

• Free crisis hotline open 7 nihts per week from 6-10:30pm. Callers can speak to a counselor for up to 50 minutes per night – 312 996-5535

United Way – 800 725-5314 or 312 876-1142

National Hotline Numbers

Alcohol & Drug Referral Hotline (A.A. info – See Below*) – 1-800-252-6465

Friends of Battered Women Crisis Line – 1-800-603-4357

Child Help’s – National Child Abuse Hotline – 1-800-422-4453

National AIDS Hotline – 1-800-342-2437

National Cocaine Hotline – 1-800-262-2463

National Hepatitis Hotline – 1-800-223-0179

National Runaway Switchboard – 1-800-621-4000

National Sexually Transmitted Diseases Hotline – 1-800-227-8922

Suicide & Rape 24-Hour Emergency Services – 1-800-333-4444

National Assistance Groups

Al-Anon – 1-800-344-2666

Food & Drug Administration – 1-301-443-1240

M.A.D.D. – 1-800-438-6233

Narcotics Anonymous – 1-818-780-3951

National Association for Children of Alcoholics – 1-714-499-3889

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Assorted Disorders – 1-708-831-3438

National Council of Child Abuse & Family Violence – 1-800-222-2000

National Federation of State High School Associations, Target Programs – 1-800-366-6667

National Institute of Drug Abuse – Drug & Treatment Information – 1-800-662-4357

National Refferal Center (for chemical dep. TX) – 1-800-550-0467

Parents Anonymous National Office – 1-800-421-0353

PRIDE Drug Information Line – 1-800-677-7433

S.A.D.D. – 1-508-481-3568

Tough Love – 1-800-333-1069

*NOTE: Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) – local chapter information and phone numbers can be obtained by calling the Alcohol and Drug Referral Hotline.