Community Services



Crisis Hotline Numbers- 24 Hour coverage

○ AIDS Action Committee

(800) 235-2331

○ Youth only AIDS Line

(800) 788-1234

○ Alcoholics Anonymous

(617) 426-9444

○ Domestic Violence

(800) 458-2155

○ Samaritans (suicide) 

(978) 452-6100

Drug & Alcohol

○ Alanon and Alateen 

(781) 843-5300

○ Alcoholics Anonymous

(617) 426-9444

○ Narcotics Anonymous

(603) 645-4777

○ Cocaine Hotline

(800) COCAINE

○ Turning Point, Newburyport

(978) 462-8251  

Family Services

○ Red Cross, Newburyport 

(978) 462-8243

○ Community Action  

(978) 465-4462

○ Child at Risk Hotline   

(800) 792-5200

○ Tough Love

(800) 333-1069

○ Runaway Switchboard 

(800) 621-400

○ National Child Abuse Hotline

(800) 422-4450

○ Department of Mental Health

(978) 322-7744

○ Parental Stress Hotline  

(800) 632-8188

○ Elder Abuse Hotline 

(800) 892-0890

○ Disabled Abuse

(800) 462-9009

○ Gay and Lesbian Helpline 

(888) 340-4528

○ Peer Listening Line

(800) 399-7337

○ Parents Helping Parents

(800) 882-1250

Hospital Emergency Rooms

○ Anna Jaques Hospital

(978) 463-1000

○ Cable Emergency Services

(978) 356-4366

Other Services

○ Bulimia Anorexia Self-Help  

(800) BASH-STL

○ Breathless, Inc. (Asthma/Allergy Network)

(978) 372-ASMA

○ Hospice North Shore   

(800) 255-7077

○ Poison Control

(800) 682-9211

○ Sexually Transmitted Diseases

(800) 227-8922

○ American Cancer Society    

(800) 879-8678

Pregnancy

○ Healthsource

(800) 922-8380

○ Catholic Charities (Adoption)

(978) 685-5930

○ Pregnancy Hotline 

(800) 322-5041

Woman's Services

○ Women's Crisis Center - Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center
    (Domestic Violence& Sexual Assault)

(800) 458-2155 or (978) 465-2155

○ Sexual Assault Hotline
    (Northshore Rape Crisis Center)

(800) 922-8772

○ Lowell Rape Crisis Center

(800) 542-5212

○ Sexual Assault Support Services Hotline
    (Portsmouth, NH)

(888) 747-7070