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​RESOURCES
If this is an emergency, call 911 immediately. Some situations that qualify as an emergency are:
  1. Someone is unconscious due to drug use
  2. You or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts. Also call the National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255.
  3. You or someone you know is considering severely harming another person
  4. You or someone you know has been sexually assaulted
  5. Other health emergencies

Do you have a question or want to learn more about something you learned in our workshops? Do you, a friend, or family member need help related to mental health, nutrition, substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections, contraception, or abusive relationships? Check out the helpful resources below. Also feel free to ask us anonymous questions here (the Student Questions tab on our website), and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Feel free to ask us questions at our next workshop at your school, too.

​GENERAL RESOURCES
  • Teen Health and Wellness
    • This is a great site for many health-related resources. Check this out first. 
  • Go Ask Alice
    • This site has questions and answers related to all aspects of health. The answers are written by a team of specialists at Columbia University. 
  • TeensHealth
    • ​A resource for teens that provides accurate, up-to-date answers to questions about food and fitness, sexual health, mental health, and much more. All content is reviewed by pediatricians and medical experts.
  • Planned Parenthood Info For Teens
    • Online resources about sexual health and LGBTQ issues. It also has an anonymous question-and-answer service.

​LOCAL HEALTH CENTERS AND CLINICS 
Go to these health clinics for sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing, contraception, Plan B (emergency contraception), sexual health services, and reproductive health services.


​MENTAL HEALTH 
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call 911 immediately.

  • National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 (1-800-273-TALK)
  • The Trevor Project: 24-Hour Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386
    • The Trevor Project is a leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.
  • CrisisChat.org
    • Online emotional support, crisis intervention, and suicide prevention services. The chat specialists are here to listen and support you through whatever difficult times you may be facing.
  • ImAlive.org
    • Live online network that uses instant messaging to respond to people in crisis. 
  • National Eating Disorders Association
    • Provides resources for getting help if you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder.
    • National Eating Disorder Association Confidential Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
(Monday-Thursday from 9:00 am - 9:00 pm and Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm)
  • National Alliance for Mental Health
    • A supportive online network for young adults struggling with mental health issues. Contains resources related to living with mental illness and can connect youth with mental illness to each other and to other members of the mental health community.
  • Project UROK
    • “No matter what you are going through, you are not alone”
    • A great website for teens struggling with mental health. They have informative and supportive videos and lots of resources. You can post your own videos and connect with their supportive community.
  • Dixwell/NewHall Community Mental Health Services: 660 Winchester Ave, New Haven 203-776-8390
    • Offers individual counseling, support groups, and other services.

​SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Call 911 if someone is unconscious due to alcohol or drug use or for any other health emergency. In Connecticut, if you call 911 when someone underage has been drinking and needs medical attention, neither you nor they will not get in trouble for underage drinking. 

  • Poison Help Line: 1-800-222-1222
    • For alcohol poisoning or any other poisoning
    • Call this number 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to talk to a poison specialist. Call right away if you have an alcohol poisoning or other poison emergency.
  • 1-800-QUIT-NOW (784-8669)
    • Connecticut Tobacco Quitline for help quitting smoking
  • National Institute on Alcohol & Drug Abuse
    • Call 1-800-662-HELP for referrals to treatment programs for drug or alcohol abuse
  • Alcohol Treatment Referral: 1-800-ALCOHOL
    • Free and anonymous national help line
  • APT Foundation Inc: 203-781-4600
    • New Haven-based center with multiple clinics. Provides outpatient and residential substance use disorder treatment, primary health care, outpatient mental health treatment services, medication assisted treatment, family counseling services, and adult education & vocational services to all, including women with children and those living with HIV/AIDS. Accepts some private insurance and Medicaid, otherwise rates are on a sliding scale according to income. 
  • Alcoholics Anonymous: 203-684-0090
  • Narcotics Anonymous Connecticut Region: 1-800-627-3543 
  • Al-Anon: 1-888-8AL-ANON (1-888-825-2666) 
    • Families of addicts and recovering addicts often need help too because of the effects addiction can have on people’s personal and social lives. Al-Anon meetings are available to support those who are helping people suffering from addiction.
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
    • Treatment referral for substance disorders: (800) 622-4357

​RESIDENTIAL/REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS
  • AllTreatment: Rehabilitation and Treatment Centers in CT: (866) 513-9828
  • The Connection, Inc: 48 Howe St, New Haven. 203-752-9343
    • Offers various residential and day programs, counseling/behavioral health services, and other services.
  • The Consultation Center: 389 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, 203-789-7643
    • Hosts pregnancy/parenting support programs, peer advocacy, school and community based substance abuse and dropout prevention programs, parent-child groups.
  • Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital: 184 Liberty Street, New Haven, 203-688-9907.
    • Offers inpatient, partial hospitalization, detoxification and outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment programs for children, adolescents and adults.
  • Youth Continuum: 746 Chapel St. New Haven, 203-562-3396
    • Offers residential programs including group homes, and educational/training/transitional programs for youth aged 13 to 23.
  • Children’s Center of Hamden, Inc: 1400 Whitney Ave, Hamden, 203-248-2116 
    • Offers residential substance abuse treatment, outpatient treatment, alternative education programs, and a transitional ‘safe home’ for children removed from their homes due to domestic violence.

​​SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIs) AND CONTRACEPTION
If you think you might have an STI, go to one of the local clinics listed above, or talk to your doctor. This resource goes through all of the common STIs and symptoms you should look out for. These symptoms include: fever, itching, sores, rashes, warts, bumps, painful urination or a burning sensation when you pee, unusual vaginal odor, unusual discharge from penis/vagina.

​HOW TO PUT ON A MALE CONDOM
  1. Check the expiration date and make sure there’s an air bubble, indicating the package doesn’t have any holes. Also make sure the condom was stored in a cool dry place. 
  2. Open the wrapper carefully at the edge. Don’t use your teeth-- it’s easier to tear the condom that way.
  3. Place the condom over the penis, pinching the tip so the semen has somewhere to go. If you put the condom on inside-out, throw it away and get a new one because there may be pre-cum on the side that penetrates your partner. 
  4. Carefully roll the condom all the way down the penis. 
  5. When pulling the penis out after sex, hold the condom at the base of the penis.
  6. Remove the condom while the penis is still erect. Be careful not to spill any semen. 
  7. Tie a knot at the top of the condom and throw it in the trash. Don’t flush down the toilet.

This is an educational video by Planned Parenthood about how to put on a male condom. Never use two condoms at the same time. 

  • Plan B or Emergency Contraception is available at any major pharmacy, Planned Parenthood, and local clinics. It requires no prescription or ID. Find more information on access here.
  • Bedsider Support Network for Birth Control​
    • Information about birth control methods, how to use them, and where to find them
  • If you are pregnant, do not go to a "crisis pregnancy center." These are fake clinics run by people who are anti-abortion. They have a history of giving women wrong, biased information to scare them into not having abortions, even when this is the best option for them.

​HEALTH RELATIONSHIPS AND ABUSE 
Abuse is never the fault of the victim. 

  • CT Sexual Assault Hotlines:
    • English: (888) 999-5545            
    • Spanish: (888) 568-8332
  • CT Domestic Violence Hotline: (888) 774-2900
  • CT Child Abuse & Neglect: (800) 842-2288
  • Women and Families Center of Greater New Haven: Sexual Assault Crisis Services 24-hour hotline
    • English: 1-888-999-5545
    • Spanish: 1-888-568-8332
  • Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: (203) 789-8104
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
  • National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE
  • Teen-Specific Dating Abuse Hotline: 1-866-331-9474
  • Child Abuse hotline: 1-800-422-4453
  • Love Is Respect: 1-866-331-9474
    • Text “loveis” to 22522
    • Highly-trained peer advocates offer support, information and advocacy to young people who have questions or concerns about their dating relationships. Free and confidential phone, live chat and texting services are available 24/7/365. 
  • New Haven Domestic Violence Shelters
  • New Reach Emergency Shelter in New Haven: 203-776-6208
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Map of local STI testing clinics
Link to map of local STI testing centers here
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