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Up to half of all caregivers experience anxiety, and 1 in 5 caregivers experience moderate-to-severe depression. If you need personal life help or emotional health resources, there are many free options available to you.

Get Help Now

Talk to someone right away and get help now. It’s free to call these services. You can call 24 hours a day, any day of the week.

All the services below are available in English, Spanish, and with interpreters or language assistance for over 150 languages including Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Somali, and Vietnamese.

• 1-800-273-8255 (TTY 711), for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  This phone line provides free and confidential support for people in distress, or guidance for how to help people in your life who are in distress.
• 211, or 211.org
  Call 211 for critical personal life help services, such as food, housing, financial guidance, addiction, domestic violence, education or employment, emotional health and more.
• 911
  Call 911 for emergencies.

Resource Finder
If you need help finding the right option for you, use Resource Finder to get the right personal life help services, including emotional health support, childcare resources, legal help, debt guidance and more.

• Download the Ginger* Emotional Support App (English and Spanish)
  Ginger is a free app available on your touchscreen phone, providing 24/7 personalized coaching for emotional support and life guidance.
• Call to talk to someone (language assistance and interpreter services available**):
  • Washington Recovery Help Line: 1-866-789-1511.
    Help for mental health and substance abuse.
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233.
    To call if you or someone you know has experienced domestic violence.
  • Washington Listens: 1-833-681-0211.
    To call if you need support because you are anxious or stressed due to COVID-19.

**Washington Recovery Help Line, National Domestic Violence Hotline, and Washington Listens are available in English, Spanish, and with interpreters or language assistance for over 150 languages including Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Somali, and Vietnamese.

• Visit the Legal Resources page (English)
  Learn more about the free or low-cost legal support options available to you.

• Self-guided resources
  • Ginger Roots (English)
    Free, online resources to help keep you grounded.
  • Find Your Words (English and Spanish)
    Online resources to help you better care for yourself, help others in difficult situations, ask for help and how to talk with your kids about their emotional wellness.
  • The Mourner’s Bill of Rights (English)
    Read about your “rights” to mourn. This resource is to help you distinguish useful responses from hurtful ones when you ask for help from others.
• Racial equity podcasts (English)
  • Ten Percent Happier: Why We’re All Suffering from Racial Trauma (Even White People) – and How to Handle It.
    Licensed therapist, Resmaa Menakem, talks about why we are all suffering from racial trauma (even white people) and how to handle it.
  • Therapy for Black Girls: The Impact of Racial Trauma. 
    Licensed Psychologist Dr. Candice Nicole Hargons discusses the work she has done and continues to do to arm Black people with resources to work through racial trauma.

Emotional health resources through your healthcare coverage are available if you have coverage through SEIU 775 Benefits Group.**

Your health plan is determined by the county where you live. If you are not sure what plan you have, use this map to find out.

*Eligibility: Ginger is available to caregivers who have worked at least 1 eligibility hour as an Individual Provider (IP, working for the State of Washington/DSHS) or caregivers working for Addus, Amicable, CCS, CDM, Chesterfield, Coastal CAP, Concerned Citizens, ConcertoHealth (Fidelis), First Choice, KWA, Olympic CAP, ResCare and Senior Life.

**These resources are available to caregivers enrolled in Kaiser Permanente of Washington, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, or Aetna coverage through SEIU 775 Benefits Group and for caregivers who maintain 80 eligibility hours per month.