Find Support
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 998, or the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741).
Programs
- AARP: AARP Friendly Voice
- AARP: Get Involved in Volunteering
- AARP: Connect2Affect
- ACTNow for Mental Health: LGBTQ Weekly Support Group
- ACTNow for Mental Health: Access Free Telehealth Therapy Services in the DMV Area
- CaringBridge: Ask for and Offer Support
- DOROT: Caring Calls
- DOROT: GENuine Connections
- DOROT: University Without Walls
- FriendApp smartphone application
- Front Porch: Well Connected Program
- Give Us The Floor: Teen-Only Supportive Group Chats
- The Jed Foundation: Mental Health Resource Center
- Little Brother Friends of the Elderly: Local Chapters
- Papa: Be a Papa Pal
- The Trevor Project: Trevor Lifeline
Resources
- BetterUp: How to Overcome Social Isolation
- Campaign to End Loneliness: Promising Approaches Revisited: Effective Action on Loneliness in Later Life
- CDC: How Right Now
- CDC: Coping with Loneliness
- Einhorn Collaborative: A Call to Connection: Rediscovering the Transformative Power of Relationships
- Ending Loneliness Together: A Guide to Evaluating Loneliness Outcomes for Community Organisations
- Ending Loneliness Together: A Guide to Measuring Loneliness for Community Organisations
- FriendshipTips blog
- Foundation for Social Connection: Action Guide for Building Socially Connected Communities
- HERO: Employee Mental Health and Well-Being: Emerging Best Practices and Case Study Examples
- Humana: Loneliness & Social Isolation Toolkit
- Make the Connection: Connect with Stories of Help and Hope
- Mental Health America: How to Feel Less Lonely in the Loneliest Time Ever
- Mental Health is Health: Feeling Lonely
- NAMI: The Effects of COVID-19 Related Social Isolation on the Mental Health of Racialized Communities
- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
- NIH: Tips for Staying Connected
- NIH: How to Deal with Stress of Social Isolation
- NIH: Stay Connected to Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation
- National Latino Behavioral Health Association: How social isolation, loneliness, and insecurity affect people in recovery during COVID-19
- National Institute on Aging: Social Isolation and Loneliness Outreach Toolkit
- NORC at the University of Chicago: Geography of Social Isolation in U.S. Older Adults
- Pudding: 24-Hours in an Invisible Epidemic
- Sixty and Me: Dealing with Loneliness After 50 – The Sixty and Me 2020 Survey Results
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Recognizing Holiday Triggers of Trauma
- Sunny: Well-Being Digital Guide
