Helplines

Help is available to address serious concerns about a person’s health, safety, and welfare.

Report concerns about an individual aged 60 or older by contacting:

• Office of Healthy Aging Protective Services Unit
  
  Phone: 401-462-0555
  
  24 hour hotline, seven days per week, 365 days per year
  
  Website

Report concerns about an adult with disabilities aged 18 – 59 by contacting:

• Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals Quality
  
  Assurance Unit
  
  Phone: 401-462-2629
  
  24 hour hotline, seven days per week, 365 days per year
  
  Website

Receive help if you or someone you care about is going through a mental health or substance use crisis by contacting:

• BH Link
  
  Phone:  401-414-LINK (5465) OR Call or text 998
  
  24 hour hotline, seven days per week, 365 days per year
  
  Website
• 988 Lifeline: Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
  
  Phone: 988
  
  Website
• NAMI National Hotline for Mental Health Crisis and Suicide
  
  Phone: 1-800-273-8255
  
  Website