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The lines below are free, confidential, and answer around the clock. Deeper guidance, checklists, and a private journal live inside the member portal, which is also free.
Every line here is national or statewide, staffed, and confidential. You do not have to know what to ask for before you call.
Safety planning, local shelter referrals, and someone to talk through your situation with. Advocates are available in English, Spanish, and more than 200 languages through interpreters.
For thoughts of suicide, emotional crisis, or a night that feels unmanageable. Call or text, any hour.
Confidential support after sexual assault, including help understanding medical and reporting options.
A local referral line for housing, food, utilities, childcare, and health services, matched to your county on both sides of the state line.
Culturally appropriate support for Native American and Alaska Native survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
For teens and young adults questioning a dating relationship, and for the parents and friends supporting them.
Local shelter and legal-aid listings for the Kansas City metro are being verified with each organization before we publish them. Until then, 211 and the National Domestic Violence Hotline can both connect you to services in your specific county.
If someone may check your device, use a private or incognito window, and clear your history afterward. A phone or computer at a library or a friend's home is safer still.
The red button in the corner of this page leaves the site immediately. It works on every page, including inside the member portal.
Nothing you read here is recorded to your account. Inside the portal, your journal and saved resources are yours alone and stay private.
These are the areas members ask about most. Each one lives in the portal as plain-language articles and step-by-step checklists you can stop and restart.
The member portal · free
Registration takes about two minutes and asks only what we need to point you to the right county. Nothing you save is visible to anyone but you.
If you run a service in the Kansas City metro, or you found something that helped, tell us. Members shape what goes in the library.