Vital Check-In is a safety net, not a crisis service. If you're in danger, in pain, or thinking about hurting yourself or someone else — these are the people to call. Most are 24/7. All are real humans.
Tap any card to call or text. Free, confidential, 24 hours a day.
Any life-threatening emergency in the United States. Dispatchers can send police, paramedics, or fire.
Free, confidential support for suicide, self-harm, or any mental-health crisis. Call or text 988. Also serves Canada.
Trained counselors over text — if you'd rather not speak. Text HOME to 741741.
Confidential support from responders who are veterans themselves, or trained specifically to support them.
24/7, free, confidential. Connects you to a responder familiar with military and veteran life. You don't need to be enrolled in VA care.
For people who'd rather speak with someone grounded in their tradition. These are pastoral or peer support — not clinical replacements for the lines above.
Christian · 24 hours a day, 7 days a weel
Top 10 Christian Helplines.
Christian · Mon–Fri · 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Over-the-phone consultation with licensed Christian counselors.
Christian · 24/7 prayer
Trained volunteers offering prayer and pastoral conversation. Not a clinical service.
Jewish · crisis
Crisis support and referrals for Jewish individuals and families navigating illness, loss, or trauma.
Muslim · daily 12pm–12am ET
Confidential peer-support helpline serving Muslim youth and adults across North America.
Muslim mental health · referral
Faith-integrated psychological clinical services rooted in Islamic tradition. Not a hotline — a clinical referral resource.
If your faith isn't here and should be — let us know at support@vitalcheckin.com and we'll add a vetted resource.
Vital Check-In currently operates in the United States and Canada. 988 works in both countries. For anywhere else, the international list at findahelpline.com is the most up-to-date directory we know — searchable by country and language, vetted by mental-health organizations.
Account help, billing, missing alerts, deletion requests, or anything else about the app itself — that's us. A human answers. Usually same day.