Careers, Internships, and Volunteer Opportunities
The 988 Lifeline network is made up of over 200 centers answering calls, chats, and texts from people in crisis. These centers are looking to bring on new volunteers and paid employees. You will receive training, so if you are a caring person who wants to help those in crisis, apply today. To facilitate this, below is a list of the centers with links to their career or volunteer websites where you can find open opportunities to become a crisis counselor or a manager.
State or territory:
Alabama
- Volunteer Opportunities at Crisis Center (Birmingham, AL)
- SpectraCare Health Systems, Inc. (Dothan, AL)
- Wellstone (Huntsville, AL)
- AltaPointe Health (Mobile, AL)
Alaska
- Careline Crisis Services, Inc. (Fairbanks, AK)
Arizona
- La Frontera EMPACT – Suicide Prevention Center (Tempe, AZ)
- Solari, Inc. (Tempe, AZ)
Arkansas
- Western Arkansas Counseling and Guidance Center – Five West Crisis Stabilization Unit (Fort Smith, AR)
- Arkansas Lifeline Call Center (Little Rock, AR)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Arkansas Crisis Center (Springdale, AR)
California
- Kern Behavioral Health & Recovery Services Hotline (Bakersfield, CA)
- Suicide Prevention Center, Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services (Century City, CA) [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
- Volunteer Opportunities at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services (Century City, CA)
- Central Valley Suicide Prevention Hotline – Kings View (Fresno, CA)
- Buckelew Suicide Prevention Program (Novato, CA)
- Crisis Support Services of Alameda County (Oakland, CA)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Services of Almeda County (Oakland, CA)
- Internship Opportunities at Services of Almeda County (Oakland, CA)
- WellSpace Health (Sacramento, CA)
- Optum (San Diego, CA)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Santa Clara County Suicide and Crisis Services (San Jose, CA)
- Volunteer Opportunities at San Francisco Suicide Prevention Felton Institute (San Francisco, CA)
- StarVista (San Carlos, CA)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast (Santa Cruz, CA)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Contra Costa Crisis Center (Walnut Creek, CA)
Colorado
- Solari Colorado (Denver, CO 80222)
Connecticut
- 2-1-1/United Way of Connecticut (Rocky Hill, CT)
Delaware
- Volunteer Opportunities at ContactLifeline (Wilmington, DE)
District of Columbia
- Department of Behavioral Health (Washington, DC)
Florida
- Volunteer Opportunities at First Contact (Clearwater, FL)
- 2-1-1 Broward (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Alachua County Crisis Center (Gainesville, FL)
- United Way of Northeast FL (Jacksonville, FL)
- 2-1-1 Palm Beach/ Treasure Coast, Inc (Lantana, FL)
- Jewish Community Services of South Florida (North Miami, FL) [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
- David Lawrence Mental Health Center, Inc (Naples, FL)
- 2-1-1 Heart of Florida United Way (Orlando, FL)
- 211 Northwest Florida (Pensacola, FL)
- 2-1-1 Brevard (Rockledge, FL)
- Volunteer Opportunities at 211 Big Bend (Tallahassee, FL)
- Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, Inc. (Tampa, FL)
Georgia
- Behavioral Health Link (Atlanta, GA)
Guam
- Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center (Tamuning, GU)
Hawaii
- Hawaii CARES (Honolulu, HI)
Idaho
- Idaho Crisis & Suicide Hotline (Boise, ID)
Illinois
- Centerstone Illinois (Alton, IL)
- Volunteer and Internship Opportunities at Suicide Prevention Services (Batavia, IL)
- Path Crisis Center (Bloomington, IL)
- Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
- NAMI Chicago (Chicago, IL)
- Crisis Care Program – Lake County Health Department (Waukegan, IL)
- DuPage County Health Department (Wheaton, IL)
- Internship and Volunteer Opportunities at DuPage County Health Department (Wheaton, IL)
Indiana
- Crisis Contact (Gary, IN)
- Mental Health America of Indiana (Indianapolis, IN)
- Mental Health America – Wabash Valley Region (Lafayette, IN)
- A Better Way Services (Muncie, IN)
Iowa
- Foundation 2 Crisis Center (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- CommUnity (Iowa City, IA)
Kansas
- Wyandot Community Center for Behavioral Healthcare (Kansas City, KS)
- Kansas Suicide Prevention HQ (Lawrence, KS)
- Johnson County Crisis Line (Mission, KS)
- HealthSource Integrated Solutions (Topeka, KS)
- Volunteer Opportunities at COMCARE of Sedgwick County (Wichita, KS)
Kentucky
- Pathways Inc. (Ashland, KY)
- LifeSkills Adult Crisis Unit (Bowling Green, KY)
- Cumberland River Behavioral Health (Corbin, KY)
- NorthKey Community Care (Covington, KY)
- Communicare Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY)
- Kentucky River Community Care (Hazard, KY)
- Pennyroyal Center Respond (Hopkinsville, KY)
- The Adanta Group (Jamestown, KY)
- New Vista Helpline (Lexington, KY)
- Internship Opportunities at New Vista Helpline (Lexington, KY)
- Seven Counties Services, Inc. (Louisville, KY)
- Comprehend Inc. (Mayfield, KY)
- Four Rivers Behavioral Health (Mayfield, KY)
- Crisis and Information Line, River Valley Behavioral Health (Owensboro, KY)
- Mountain Comprehensive Care Center – Riverside Crisis Unit (Prestonsburg, KY)
Louisiana
- VIA LINK Call Center (Covington, LA)
Maine
- Maine Crisis Line, The Opportunity Alliance (South Portland, ME)
Maryland
- Baltimore Crisis Response (Baltimore, MD)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center (Columbia, MD)
- Santé Eastern Shore Crisis Response (Easton, MD)
- Frederick County Hotline (Frederick, MD)
- Community Crisis Services (Hyattsville, MD) [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
- EveryMind (Rockville, MD)
- Life Crisis Center (Salisbury, MD)
- Baltimore County Crisis Response System/Affiliated Sante Group (Timonium, MD)
Massachusetts
- Samaritans, Inc. (Boston, MA)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Samaritans on Cape Cod and the Islands (Falmouth, MA)
- Call2Talk (Framingham, MA)
- Samaritans of Merrimack Valley, a program of Family Services of the Merrimack Valley (Lawrence, MA)
- Samaritans Southcoast (Westport, MA)
Michigan
- MiCal (Bingham Farms, MI)
- Gryphon Place (Kalamazoo, MI) [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
- Macomb County Community Mental Health (Clinton Township, MI)
Minnesota
- First Call for Help of Itasca County (Grand Rapids, MN)
- Greater Twin Cities United Way (Minneapolis, MN)
Mississippi
- Volunteer Opportunities at CONTACT the Crisis Line (Jackson, MS)
- Volunteer Opportunities at CONTACT Helpline (Columbus, MS)
Missouri
- Compass Health Network (Clinton, MO)
- DeafLEAD (Columbia, MO)
- Ozark Center (Joplin, MO)
- Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare (CommCare) Inc. (Kansas City, MO)
- Burrell Behavioral Health (Springfield, MO)
- Provident, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
- Volunteer and Internship Opportunities at Provident, Inc. (St. Louis, MO)
- Behavioral Health Response (St. Louis, MO)
Montana
- The Help Center (Bozeman, MT)
- Voices of Hope (Great Falls, MT)
- Western Montana Mental Health (Missoula, MT)
Nebraska
- Boys Town National Hotline (Boys Town, NE)
Nevada
- Crisis Support Services of Nevada (Reno, NV)
New Hampshire
- Headrest (Lebanon, NH)
- Carelon, New England Research Institute (Manchester, NH)
New Jersey
- Volunteer Opportunities at CONTACT of Mercer County (Pennington, NJ)
- Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (Piscataway, NJ)
- Mental Health Association in New Jersey (Springfield, NJ)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Caring Contact (Westfield, NJ)
New Mexico
- New Mexico Crisis and Access Line (NE Albuquerque, NM)
New York
- Long Island Crisis Center (Bellmore, NY)
- Crisis Services (Buffalo, NY)
- Contact Community Services (East Syracuse, NY)
- St. Vincent’s Hospital Westchester a Division of Saint Joseph’s Medical Center (Harrison, NY)
- DASH (Diagnostic, Assessment, and Stabilization Hub) of Family Service League, Inc. (Huntington, NY)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Suicide Prevention & Crisis Service of Tompkins County (Ithaca, NY)
- Mental Health Association in Orange County, Inc. (Middletown NY)
- NYC 988 / Here2Help Connect (New York, NY)
- Niagara County Crisis Services / Niagara County Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (Niagara Falls, NY)
- Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health (Poughkeepsie, NY)
- 211 Life Line, Goodwill of the Finger Lakes (Rochester, NY)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Response of Suffolk County (Stony Brook, NY)
- MCAT – Mobile Crisis Assessment Team of The Neighborhood Center, Inc. (Utica, NY)
- Mental Health Association in Essex County (Westport, NY)
North Carolina
- REAL Crisis Intervention (Greenville, NC)
North Dakota
- Careers and Internships at FirstLink Helpline (Fargo, ND)
Ohio
- Portage Path Behavioral (Akron, OH)
- Hopewell Health (Athens, OH)
- Coleman Professional Services (Canton, OH)
- Ravenwood Health (Chardon, OH)
- Scioto Paint Valley Mental Health Center (Chillicothe, OH)
- Clermont & Brown Crisis Center (Cincinnati, OH)
- Talbert House (Cincinnati, OH)
- FrontLine Service (Cleveland, OH)
- Netcare Access (Columbus, OH)
- North Central Mental Health Services (Columbus, OH)
- HelpLine of Delaware and Morrow Counties (Delaware, OH)
- Mental Health Crisis Hotline, Community Health Alliance (Sojourner Recovery) (Hamilton, OH)
- Townhall II (Kent, OH)
- Information and Referral Services (Lancaster, OH)
- We Care Regional Crisis Center Coleman Professional Services (Lima, OH)
- The Nord Center (Lorain, OH)
- Pathways of Central Ohio (Newark, OH)
- TCN Behavioral Health (Xenia, OH)
- Help Network of Northeast Ohio (Youngstown, OH)
Oklahoma
- Heartline (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Solari, Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Family & Children’s Services (Tulsa, OK)
Oregon
- Lines for Life (Portland, OR)
- Northwest Human Services (Salem, OR)
Pennsylvania
- Center for Community Resources (Butler, PA)
- Penn State Health Holy Spirit (Camp Hill, PA)
- Keystone Health/Crisis Intervention Program (Chambersburg, PA)
- Safe Harbor Behavioral Health, Crisis Services (Erie, PA)
- Valley Creek Crisis Center, Holcomb Behavioral Health Systems (Exton, PA)
- Lancaster County Crisis Intervention (Lancaster, PA)
- Montgomery County Emergency Service (Norristown, PA)
- The City of Philadelphia through the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (Philadelphia, PA)
- resolve Crisis Services (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Centre Helps (State College, PA)
- Internship Opportunities at Centre Helps (State College, PA)
- Resources for Human Development / New Perspectives Crisis Services (Stroudsburg, PA)
- Chestnut Ridge Counseling Services, Inc. (Uniontown, PA)
Rhode Island
- Behavioral Healthcare Link (East Providence, RI)
South Carolina
- Charleston Dorchester Mental Health Center (Charleston, SC)
- CRISISLine Mental Health America of Greenville County (Greenville, SC)
South Dakota
- Helpline Center (Sioux Falls, SD)
Tennessee
- Volunteer Crisis Services, Volunteer Behavioral Health (Chattanooga, TN)
- Behavioral Health Initiatives, Inc (Jackson, TN)
- Pathways Behavioral Health Services of West Tennessee Healthcare (Jackson, TN)
- Frontier Health Mobile Crisis Response – Watauga Behavioral Health Services (Johnson City, TN)
- CONTACT Care Line (Knoxville, TN)
- Volunteer Opportunities at Memphis Crisis Center (Memphis, TN)
- The Crisis Center of Family & Children’s Service (Nashville, TN)
- Centerstone Crisis Care Services (Nashville, TN)
Texas
- Integral Care (Austin, TX)
- Emergence Health Network (El Paso, TX) [Also serves as a 988 Spanish language center]
- ICARE Call Center of MHMR of Tarrant County (Fort Worth, TX)
- The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD (Houston, TX)
- Avail Solutions, Inc. (Tyler, TX)
Utah
- Huntsman Mental Health Institute Call Center (Salt Lake City, UT)
Vermont
- Northeast Kingdom Human Services, Inc. (Newport, VT)
- Northwestern Counseling & Support Services (St. Albans, VT)
Virginia
- HopeLink Behavioral Health (Oakton, VA)
- Volunteer Opportunities at HopeLink Behavioral Health (Oakton, VA)
Washington
- Volunteers of America/Crisis Response Services (Everett, WA)
- Crisis Connections (Seattle, WA)
- Frontier Behavioral Health (Spokane, WA)
West Virginia
- Help 4WV, First Choice Services (Charleston, WV)
Wisconsin
- Family Services Crisis Center and Statewide Crisis Call Center (Green Bay, WI)
Wyoming
- Central Wyoming Counseling Center (Casper, WY)