Social/Emotional Supports & Programs
Signs of Suicide (SOS)
Program delivered by the BHS School Counseling Department to 8th and 12th graders to give them psycho-educational information about depression as well as perform a screening.
Outside Agencies
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline – Speak to someone confidentially anytime day or night by Text or Call 988 (English, Spanish)
- MA Behavioral Health Line – Free assistance connecting to a range of mental health and substance-use services in Massachusetts, including outpatient, urgent, and immediate crisis care (real-time interpretation in 200+ languages). Call or Text: 833-773-2443
- Smaritans on Cape Cod & the Islands Crisis Line – 508-548-8900
- Bay Cove Behavioral Health & Wellness Center on Cape Cod – Offers mobile crisis support. Call 833-229-2683
- Mass211 – Search for other resources, including help finding food and housing. Get connected Dial 211 (available 24/7)
Additional Resource
- Sharing Kindness – Free grief support groups for families, teens, and adults.
- Parental Stress Hotline – 800-632-8188
- CapeCod Neighborhood Support Coalition (CCNSC) – 508-771-4336
- Department of Children and Families – 800-792-5200
- Department of Mental Health – 877-382-1609
- Children's Cove – 508-375-0410
- Cape Cod Council on Alcoholism – 508-771-0132
- Alcoholics Anonymous – 508-775-7060
- Suicide Prevention – 800-273-8255
- Independence House – 508-771-6507
Barnstable County Department of Human Services has organized a website with a number of resources available as well.