We have provided a list of local, state and national resources below. This is updated regularly to make sure the information is correct.
Please note the new 988 Suicide Prevention number. This is to access help and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you or someone you care about is experiencing a mental health or substance misuse crisis please use the Rapid Response number. You can access these services via nh988.com or by calling or texting 988.
There is also the option to utilize the Unite Us self referral site listed below. You would put your information in and click the services you are in need of (food, housing, other).
If you still need information or have questions after reading through the information below, please contact our office.603.895.7061 info@rcfy.org
Please use the following access information as needed:
- National Suicide Prevention Life Line 1-800-273-8255(TALK) suicidepreventionlifeline.org
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988: Free and confidential support is available 24/7 for people in distress, including prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.988lifeline.org
- Unite Us New Hampshire - https://newhampshire.uniteus.com/
- Abusive relationship - loveisrespect.org/dating-basics/should-we-break-up
- Child abuse help hotline - www.childhelp.org/childhelp-hotline/
- Child abuse informational resources - www.nctsn.org/trauma-types/physical-abuse
- Crisis text line- text HOME to 741741 or www.crisistextline.org/
- Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800--985-5990: National hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling 24/7 for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. samhsa.gov
- Eating Disorder Hotline - www.bulimia.com/topics/eating-disorder-hotline/
- Find your calm – improve your health & happiness - CALM.COM
- HAVEN, Domestic & Sexual Assault support services- 603-994-7233 havennh.org
- I AM ALIVE - Online Crisis Network - https://www.imalive.org/
- LBGTQ and Crisis hotline - https://ostem.org/page/crisis-hotlines
- Local Mental Health Emergency services, Seacoast Mental Health 1-603-772-2710
- My Life My Quit NH (MLMQ) For NH Youth ages 12-17
- National Alliance Mental Illness – naminh.org 1-800-242-6264
- National domestic abuse hotline - https://www.thehotline.org/
- National Maternal Mental Health , call or text 1-833-9-HELP4MOMS (1-833-943-5746): Free 24/7 confidential support, resources and referral to pregnant and postpartum mothers facing mental health challenges (and their loved ones) Hotlinemchb.hrsa.gov
- NH Department of Health & Human Services, Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program: NH Department of Health & Human Services, Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Program
- NH Department of Education, Office of Social and Emotional Wellness NH Department of Education, Office of Social and Emotional Wellness
- QuitNow NH NH residents 18+
- Sexual Assault, Rape, Abuse, Incest Support Resources and Hotline - rainn.org/
- Sexual Violence Resource Center - https://www.nsvrc.org/find-help
- Survivors of Incest Anonymous/Childhood Sexual Abuse - siawso.org/
- The Trevor Project, 1-866-488-7386: A national 24-hour, toll-free confidential suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth offers a safe and judgment-free place to talk to a trained counselor. thetrevorproject.org
- Trans Lifeline, 1-877-5658860: The hotline is staffed by transgender people for transgender people. translifeline.org
- Vaping Prevention & RSA 126-K:7 Vaping Prevention & RSA 126-K:7
- Verbal Abuse Resources- healthyplace.com/abuse/verbal-abuse/what-is-verbal-abuse
- Veterans Crisis Line, call 1-800-273-8255 or text 838255: Veterans and their loved ones can receive confidential support 24/7. Support for the deaf and hard of hearing is available. veteranscrisisline.net
- nh988.com, 1-833-710-6477 (call or text): If you or someone you care about is experiencing a mental health and/or substance use crisis, call and speak to trained clinical staff from mental health centers in your community who can help access vital resources in an emergency.
If you or someone you know struggles with substance misuse or addiction there is access to treatment and recovery support services for individuals and family members. Please visit www.rcfy.org/resources or hrecoveryhub.org or fill out the self referral link above to Unite Us. You may contact our office too for support with this process.
For Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Resources please visit this page. https://www.rcfy.org/what-we-do/resources/treatment-recovery.html
Raymond High School Students and Families - If you are concerned about yourself, or any other student, regarding substance misuse or other issues that impact a students success, assistance is available to you, your family, friend or neighbors, right at the school. Contact our office, or the school directly, to learn more about these services.
The Truth About ACEs: Learn about what Adverse Childhood Experiences are and the impact they have. View the video presentation from our October 11, 2018, monthly meeting, by the Manchester NH ACERT Team.
Assistance & Resources by Category
ABUSE
SAFE: Stop Abuse For Everyone, a Human Rights Agency - bringing awareness to underserved victims.
DCYF (NH Department of Health and Human Services, Division for Children, Youth & Families): to report abuse, call: (800) 894-5533
Haven NH - Providing support services and prevention education to those impacted by domestic and sexual violence.
NH Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence:
24-Hour Domestic Violence Hotline: (866) 644-3574,
24-Hour Sexual Assault Hotline: (800) 277-5570
ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE
Alcoholics Anonymous: (603) 622-6967, (800) 593-3330, e-mail: office@nhaa.net
Al-Anon / Alateen: If you have someone you know or love and their drinking is affecting you, Al-Anon can help, (877) 825-2666, or (603) 369-6930 (answering service). Click the picture below for a current list, as of November 2019, of Al-Anon meetings in NH, which includes Alateen meetings also.
Alcohol Addiction Resource Center
Breathe NH: (603) 669-2411, (800) 835-8647
Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free
Narcotics Anonymous (NA): Program focuses on addiction, obsessive-compulsive behavior and recovery from it, not drug-specific. Call: (603) 645-4777, List of local meetings in the seacoast area.
nhtreatment.org: Offers substance misuse information
NH Tobacco Resource Center: (800) 894-5533
Quit Now NH: (800) 879-8678 (Quit Line)
CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT; CHILD CARE
Easter Seals: (603) 895-1522, (603) 623-8863
Rockingham Community Action: Raymond: (603) 895-2303
Southern New Hampshire Services, Inc.: Toll-Free: (800) 322-1073 | Local: (603) 668-8010 | Hearing Impaired: (800) 877-8339
COUNSELING SERVICES
Catholic Charities of NH: (800) 562-5292
Child & Family Services (Exeter area): (603) 772-3786
The Counseling Center: (603) 627-3111
The Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester: (603) 668-4111
NAMI New Hampshire InfoLine (800) 242-6264, message info@NAMINH.org
Seacoast Mental Health: Providing Hope. Promoting Recovery: (603) 772-2710
CRISIS HOTLINES
NH State Services: 2-1-1
Seacoast Outright: (603) 552-5824
Headrest Teen Line: (800) 639-6095
EATING DISORDERS
National Eating Disorders Association Helpline: (800) 931-2237
Center for Eating Disorders Management (Bedford, NH): (603) 472-2846
Project Heal: Project HEAL provides access to healing for all people with eating disorders.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Addiction Policy Forum: Addiction Policy Forum is working to eliminate addiction as a major health problem in the following areas: Helping Patients and Families in Crisis, Improving Treatment, Prevention, Raising Awareness and Promoting Education and Advocacy.
Children's Hospital at Dartmouth: Teen driver website is www.nhteendrivers.com, and traffic safety website is www.trafficsafety4nh.org.
Dudley Tucker Library (Raymond): (603) 895-7057
Family Resource Connection, NH Children's Behavioral Health Collaborative: (800) 298-4321
Families First: Support for families...health care for all, (603) 422-8208
Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) - NH: (603) 647-2300
Raymond Head Start: (603) 244-2937
Salvation Army (Manchester area): (603) 627-7013
Seacoast School of Technology: (603) 775-8461
YMCA (Exeter): (603) 642-3361
EMPLOYMENT
NH Employment Security - Services for Job Seekers
NH Employment Security, Manchester office: (603) 627-7841
NH Works
FOOD ASSISTANCE
The Raymond School District is offering free emergency breakfast & lunch meals to K-12 students in our community during school's closure due to COVID-19:
Raymond Food Pantry, 55 Prescott Rd., Raymond, NH: (603) 895-2303
Seacoast Family Food Pantry: (603) 436-0641
NH Food Stamp Program: (800) 852-3345, ext. 9700
Women, Infants & Children (WIC): (800) 256-9880
NH Housing: (800) 640-7239
FAMILY SUPPORT
Families Anonymous: (800) 736-9805
Families First: Support for families...health care for all, (603) 422-8208
Keep Hope Alive Family Support Group (Raymond): Ann (603) 731-4227 or Tom (603) 731-1523
NH Samaritan Crisis Hotline: (866) 457-2910
Rockingham Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice Care: (603) 772-2981
UNH Cooperative Extension: (603) 862-1520
Waypoint (formerly Child & Family Services) Parent Line: (800) 640-6486
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Consumer Credit - Credit Counseling Professionals: (800) 769-3571
Health & Human Services (844) 275-3447
Southern NH Services, Inc. - The Community Action Program for Hillsborough and Rockingham Counties: (800) 322-1073
Step Up Parents - Step Up Parents provides financial assistance to kinship caregivers in New Hampshire who are raising the children of parents with substance use disorder.
GRANDPARENT RESOURCES:
Families First: Support for families...health care for all, (603) 422-8208
Seacoast Grandparents Recharge Group
Here are two links to two brochures for possible financial and other support services:
https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dfa/documents/village.pdf
https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dfa/grandparent-resources/documents/grandfamilies.pdf
This is a respite resource for grandparents who just need a little break and can possibly help with childcare: https://www.nhcarepath.dhhs.nh.gov/partner-resources/documents/grandparent-handout.pdf
HEALTH
Lamprey Health Care: (603) 895-3351
New Hampshire Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP): (800) 852-3345 ext. 4344
Nurse Advice Line: (844) 265-1278, TDD/TTY (855) 742-0123
Medicaid NH: (800) 852-3345
HOUSING / SHELTERS
Cross Roads House, Portsmouth: (603) 436-2218 (available 24/7)
Families in Transition: (603) 641-9441
Manchester Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Manchester: (603) 624-2100
My Friend’s Place, Dover: (603) 749-3017
New Generation, Greenland, (Pregnant women/Mothers with children only): (603) 436-4989
New Horizons For New Hampshire - Angie's Shelter For Women (for Women): (603) 668-8698
New Horizons For New Hampshire - New Horizons: (603) 668-1877
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
NH Legal Assistance: (800) 562-3174
Legal Advice/Referral Center: (800) 639-5290
NH Judicial Branch Self-Help Center
LOCAL ASSISTANCE
Emergency: 9-1-1
NH State Services: 2-1-1
Raymond Fire Department: (603) 895-3321
Raymond Police Department: (603) 895-4747
American Red Cross NH/VT: 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
Northern New England Poison Control: (800) 222-1222
Greater Raymond Area Chamber of Commerce: (603) 895-2254
MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE (See COUNSELING above)
PREGNANCY HELP / BIRTH CONTROL / FAMILY PLANNING
Exeter Health Center: (603) 772-9315
Lamprey Healthcare: (603) 895-3351
Joan G. Lovering Health Center: (603) 436-7588
New Generation: (603) 436-4989
PARENTING
Families First: Support for families...health care for all, (603) 422-8208
Parent Line - Waypoint (formerly Child & Family Services): (800) 640-6486
Parent Information Center: (800) 947-7005
Persist: A support group for pregnant and parenting women in recovery from substance use. This free, weekly support group meets every Tuesday from 9:00 am-10:00 am in Haverhill, MA. Visit their website, or contact 978-992-8010.
POISON CONTROL
Northern New England Poison Control: (800) 222-1222
RECOVERY/TREATMENT
Addiction Recovery Services – Evidence-based treatment for substance use and co-occurring mental health symptoms. Portsmouth and Salem, NH locations. Intensive Outpatient Programs and Aftercare offered.
Crossroads Recovery Center is located in Salem, NH. You can contact their office at (603) 912-4490. You may also visit their website for more information.
Hope for NH Recovery: (603) 935-7524
The Farnum Center: Their Misson - "Helping individuals and families find their way to a life free of the effects of alcohol and other drugs through comprehensive treatment and recovery services open to all." Locations in Franklin and Manchester, NH. Contact: 1-888-840-4243.
GateHouse Treatment: GateHouse Treatment is one of the leading drug rehabs in NH. The drug treatment center is located in beautiful Nashua, New Hampshire, conveniently minutes from downtown Nashua. Their drug rehab in Nashua is an intimate setting with very individualized and focused care. For 24/7 Treatment Help, call: (855) 448-3588.
Persist: A support group for pregnant and parenting women in recovery from substance use. This free, weekly support group meets every Tuesday from 9:00 am-10:00 am in Haverhill, MA. Visit their website, or contact 978-992-8010.
RUNAWAYS
National Runaway Safeline: (800) 786-2929
SEXUAL IDENTITY
Seacoast Outright: (603) 431-1013
The Trevor Project: (866) 488-7386
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
NH STD Prevention Program / Partner Services: (800) 852-3345
NH DHHS Infectious Disease Prevention, Investigation & Care Services: (603) 271-4502
NH AIDS Hotline: (800) 752-2437
SHELTERS (See Housing above)
SUICIDE & DEPRESSION
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Hampstead Hospital: (603) 329-5311
Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester: (603) 668-4111, Mobile Crisis Response: (800) 688-3544
Parkland Medical Center Behavioral Health Services, 24/7 Crisis and Referral Line: (603) 433-5270
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Behavioral Health Services: (603) 433-4980
TREATMENT: Visit our Treatment/Recovery Resources page
2-1-1 NH is the connection for New Hampshire residents to the most up to date resources they need from specially trained Information and Referral Specialists. 2-1-1 NH is available 24 hours, 365 days a year.
Multilingual assistance and TDD access is also available.
Those residing outside of New Hampshire, call 1.866.444.4211.
