Support & safety
GOATED provides educational personal-development tools. It is not therapy, diagnosis, medical treatment, crisis care, or a substitute for a qualified professional.
If you may be in immediate danger
If you are in the United States and you or someone else may be in immediate danger, call 911. For suicide or mental-health crisis support, call or text 988. If you are outside the United States, contact your local emergency service or crisis line.
GOATED does not monitor entries, assessment responses, messages, or website activity for emergencies. Crisis resources are independent services with their own privacy practices.Find the right kind of help
You do not have to prove that your situation is severe enough to ask a question. Choose the doorway closest to what is happening now.
Free, confidential U.S. support 24/7. Call or text 988, or use online chat.
Open 988 support ↗Call 800-799-SAFE, text START to 88788, or chat. Use a safer device if monitoring is possible.
Connect with an advocate ↗Find local housing, utility, food, transportation, healthcare, caregiver, and benefits resources.
Find local help ↗Find treatment and helplines. Free referral: 800-662-HELP (4357).
Find treatment support ↗Find caregiver, respite, transportation, benefits, and aging services. Call or text 800-677-1116.
Find caregiver support ↗Free local help with job searches, unemployment pathways, training, and career decisions.
Find a job center ↗Official tools for comparing aid, loans, colleges, and career schools.
Review student-aid resources ↗If reaching out feels hard
Try: “I’m not sure what kind of help I need, but this is what is happening.” Ask what is confidential, what it costs, and what choices you have. If the first doorway is not a fit, ask for another referral.