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Please use the resources on this page to ensure you and your family have what you need to stay safe and healthy. Resources provided include Mental/Behavioral Health and Suicide Prevention, Insulin & Prescription Assistance, Financial Assistance, and COVID-19 information. Click the + next to each category to expand the menu and view details.
Mental/Behavioral Health resources
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Number:
CALL OR TEXT ​988
or use online chat 988lifeline.org/chat
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If a child makes any statements about death, dying, serious self-harm, seriously harming another person, and/or makes an attempt to harm themselves, take ALL comments/attempts seriously and utilize any and all resources until you get help.
  • Call your therapist/provider
  • Contact a 24-hour crisis hotline - options listed above and below
  • Call 911 or 988
  • Bring the child to the nearest emergency room
    • In the Louisville-metro area and surrounding region, we recommend minor children with Type 1 Diabetes that are suffering from a mental health crisis be evaluated at Norton Children's Hospital to ensure that both their mental health and diabetes care receive appropriate attention
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Advanced Solutions Counseling of Central KY
  • Services the Lexington area
  • (859) 258-2119
  • Assessments Offered: Mental health, parenting, anger management, drug & alcohol, domestic violence

​Bluegrass Community Health Center
  • Services Fayette, Woodford, Jessamine, Garrard, Madison, Clark, Bourbon and Scott Counties. 
  • (859) 259-2635
  • Individual and family counseling for children, teens, adults, couples and families
  • English and Spanish

Brighter Futures Counseling
  • Elizabethtown, KY
  • (270) 982-9292
  • Individual, group, family, and play therapy
  • Staff with T1D knowledge

The Brook
  • 2 Louisville Locations (KMI and Dupont)
  • Appointments: (502) 426-6380
  • 24/7 Assessments & Referrals: (800) 866-8876

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington
  • (859) 253-1993
  • Counseling is available to all 50 counties of the diocese through a HIPAA-secure-and-compliant videoconferencing platform.  Phone counseling is also available to those who prefer it.

Centerstone
  • Services Indiana
  • Appointments: (800) 344-8802
  • 24-Hour Crisis Line: (800) 832-5442

Child and Adolescent Trauma Treatment and Training Institute
  • Services the state of Kentucky
  • (859) 218-6901

Communicare
  • Services Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson and Washington Counties in Kentucky
  • 24-Hour Immediate Assistance: (270) 765-2605
  • New Appointments: (888) 344-8066
  • Toll Free Crisis Line: (800) 641-4673

Diabulimia Helpline
  • Education, support, and advocacy for people with diabetes and eating disorders, and their loved ones.
  • 24-Hour Hotline: (425) 985 - 3635
  • ​Nationwide

Eastern State Hospital
  • Provides acute psychiatric care for adults (age 18 and over) with severe and persistent mental illness who live in the 50 counties surrounding and including Fayette County, KY
  • (859) 246-8000

​Family Care Center
  • The Family Care Center provides services to families with young children.
  • (859) 288-4040

​Harris Psychological Services Center
  • Lexington, KY
  • The Harris Center offers psychotherapy for adults, children, and couples. Psychiatric consultation to assess need for medication is also available. Treatment is provided for a full range of mental and behavioral health issues.
  • (859) 257-6853

​KVC Kentucky
  • Headquartered in Lexington, but serving eight locations across Central, Eastern, Northeastern and Northern Kentucky
  • Child welfare and behavioral healthcare organization providing behavioral health services, foster care, family preservation and reunification, and other family-related services.
  • (859) 254-1035

Lexington Therapy
  • Individuals, couples, and family counseling
  • (859) 935-1707

National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
  • NEDA Helpline: Call or text 800-931-2237
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National Sexual Assault Hotline
  • 800-656-4673 (HOPE)

The Nest Lexington
  • Provides high quality, comprehensive services to individuals, children, and families in crisis, while working to prevent child abuse and neglect
  • (859) 259-1974

​New Vista
  • 24-Hour Helpline: (800) 928-8000
  • Serves children and adults in 17 central Kentucky counties with services in mental health, substance use and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Peace Hospital (UofL Health)
  • 2 Kentucky Locations: Louisville and Lexington
  • 24/7 Helpline: (502) 451-3333 or (800) 451-3637
  • No-Charge Assessment (Louisville): (502) 451-3333
  • No-Charge Assessment (Central & Eastern KY): (859) 313-3515

The Ridge
  • 24/7 No-Cost Assessment: (800) 753-4673
  • Located in Lexington, KY
  • Provides treatment and services to children, adolescents, and adults for psychiatric and substance use disorder related issues
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Seven Counties Services
  • Services the Louisville Metro Area
  • Appointments: (502) 589-1100
  • 24-Hour Crisis Line, Youth: (502) 589-8070
  • 24-Hour Crisis Line, Adults: (502) 589-4313

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA):
  • Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990
  • National Helpline for treatment referral: 1-800-662-4357 or text your zip code to 435748

The Trevor Project
  • Provides 24/7 information and support to LGBTQ young people 
  • Text: 678-678
  • Call: 866-488-7386

UK Adolescent Behavioral Health
  • UK Adolescent Behavioral Health, located in Lexington, Ky, is a 10-bed inpatient program that offers a personal, structured environment for adolescents with mental illness or behavioral health problems.
  • (800) 776-2673

UK Family Center 
  • (859) 257-7755
  • The University of Kentucky Family Center is a community mental health facility serviced by therapy interns who are in their Family Sciences master's program at UK.

Wellstone Regional Hospital
  • Jeffersonville, IN
  • 24-Hour Free Assessments: (812) 284-8000 or (877) 999-WELL

Psychology Today
Insulin & Prescription Assistance
JDRF/BeyondType1 Insulin Assistance Guide: GetInsulin.org

Johnson & Johnson Products: ​
Lilly Insulin Products
Novo Nordisk Products
OmniPod Products
Sanofi Products
Other Prescription Assistance Support Options:
Financial Assistance
Camp Hendon
All Camp Hendon programs offer financial assistance (camperships). We have never turned a camper away due to inability to pay. Please do not let finances be the reason you or your child do not attend our programs! If you have questions regarding fees, please contact Operations Manager Lori O'Bryant at lobryant@camphendon.org or (502) 544-1954.

Kosair Kids®Financial Assistance Program
Camp Hendon is proud to be a Kosair Charities Supported Agency!  The Kosair Kids® Financial Assistance Program exists to help families in need pay for medical bills and needed medical equipment and devices. 
  • Kosair Kids Info Sheet
  • Examples of items that might qualify for financial assistance include insulin, pumps, meters, strips, etc.*
  • Questions? Contact Kim Panter at kpanter@kosair.org or (502) 814-9872
*The program is available to residents of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Please apply online at Financial Assistance Program | Kosair Charities | Helping Children in Need. Each application receives a full review to determine how best Kosair Charities can aid a family.
COVID-19 Resources
GRIEF & tRAUMA
ChildrenGrieve.org: The National Alliance for Children's Grief
Gun Violence-Related Resources:
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Created to raise the standard of care and increase access to services for children and families who experience or witness traumatic events
​National Sexual Assault Hotline
  • 800-656-4673 (HOPE)

Child Mind Institute
Other Resources
FindHelp.org
  • Simply enter your zip code to find a wide variety of social services available in your area. Everything from food assistance, help paying bills, and other free or reduced cost programs.
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