Help Lines
Here’s stuff in the Harm Reduction & Help Lines category
For immediate emergency medical care please call 911.
Who to Call PGH
About: Alternative to calling the Police. Please note that this list is not a complete/comprehensive list. One way to make police obsolete is to stop calling them. There are plenty of other more competent and compassionate services out there.
Email: yourneighborpgh@gmail.com
National Lines That Don’t Call Police
Compiled by trans-axolotl on Tumblr then shared to Reddit
Many mental health hotlines will call the cops on you if they deem you a danger to yourself or others. This is especially problematic due to the police’s horrible track record for murdering the mentally ill. Here is a list of warmlines and hotlines that DON’T call the cops
Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/PeerRespite/comments/14xg19x/list_of_warmlines_and_hotlines_that_dont_call_the/
Our Streets Collective
About: Crisis support and street therapy available through text messaging. They can also provide resources for housing referrals, food, legal aid, outdoor living supplies, harm reduction, and more.
Phone: text “help” to 1-844-779-6749
Website: https://www.ourstreetscollective.org/contact
Community Praise: They do not call police
Community Concern: Long wait times for replies. Website says they’re working to fix this as of Feb. 2026
Interrupting Criminalization
About: We can think through intervention design, implementation, strategies, outreach, building and supporting your team/collective, ethical dilemmas, and long-term planning for addressing violence without using the state. We can also think through problems or sticking points in the work to make your project, intervention, facilitator process or political work more value aligned and impactful.
Website: https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/transformative-justice-help-desk
SWOP Behind Bars
About: We are sex workers and survivors assisting other sex workers and survivors with issues including crisis support around assault or arrest, sex positive resources for medical and mental health, and housing and transportation requests.
Phone: 1-877-776-2004 toll-free
Website: https://www.swopbehindbars.org/programs-and-services
Resolve Crisis Center
CautionMay call policeAbout: Offers: • Phone counseling • Mobile crisis unit • Walk-in center • Residential services • Child and adolescent crisis team
Address: 333 North Braddock Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa 15208
Crisis line: 1-888-7YOU-CAN (796-8226)
Non-urgent line: (412) 864-5004
Note: Will call police and involuntary commit