Crisis: 988 then press 1 · Veterans Crisis Line

You’re trying to help someone else

Spouses, friends, case managers, clinicians, other veterans. Your search is different. You cannot walk the door for them.

If they are unsafe tonight

Call or text 988, then press 1. You can also call for advice on what to do next. Do not use this website as the plan for the next hour.

What helps

Sit with them on Start and pick the sentence that sounds like their week — not the fanciest program.
Open the official site together. You confirm hours, cost, and who can apply. We do not.
One door at a time. A list of twelve links is how people shut down.
Caregiver and family programs exist. Filter Programs for family, or start at the peer room.

What not to do

Do not promise a retreat, a dog, or a medicine will “fix them.”
Do not book farther-door travel (ketamine tourism, ceremony, ibogaine) on their behalf without a medical screen they agreed to.
Do not treat this map as a diagnosis or a VA referral.

Start with what they’re living Family & peer programs