The pursuit of racial healing and racial equity calls for more than one conversation. To help you plan your first, second or even your 10th conversation, the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) has curated this list of resources to help shape healthy dialogue across Illinois.

The IDHS initiative Healing Illinois also lists events and resources about racial healing across the state.

The National Runaway Safeline is a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week crisis connection line for youth at risk of running away or already have and are looking for help.

Call: (800) Runaway (786-2929)

Text: 66008

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

(800) 662-HELP (4357)

TTY: (800) 487-4889

The Crisis Text Line serves anyone in any type of crisis, 24 hours a day. Trained crisis counselors will respond and help you:

• English, text HOME to 741741
• Spanish, text HOLA to 741741 or text to 442-AYUDAME in WhatsApp

If you are a caregiver, the Crisis Text Line and the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI) have teamed up to provide free, 24/7 support to help you navigate the stresses and demands of providing care. Caregivers needing mental health support can text TOUGH to 741741.

The Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Mental Health provides frequently-asked questions, tips and resources for how to handle traumatic events.

Information includes possible symptoms after experiencing a traumatic event and when to seek help from a trained professional.

The Transition Services Liaison Project (TSLP) South Dakota aims to help students with disabilities reach their maximum potential in their transition from high school to the adult world.

The project’s Alternatives to Guardianship Stoplight Tool can help with identifying a person’s ability to make decisions and manage key areas of life. It is intended to help with exploring alternatives and less restrictive options to general or full guardianship.

Got Transition and its National Family Health Care Transition Advisory Group have developed a new toolkit for families to use to guide their youth’s transition from pediatric to adult health care.

The Family Toolkit includes easy-to-use resources for youth and families to help youth assume more independence in taking care of their own health and using health services. Materials include a transition timeline, questions to ask your doctor, what turning 18 means for one’s health and more.

Lantern (formerly Bright by Text) is a national nonprofit dedicated to providing families with essential information for raising kids, from pregnancy through the preteen years. Lantern offers a free text messaging service that delivers high-quality information to families to help them foster a child’s healthy growth, based on their exact age and developmental stage.

The age-based messages have been created in collaboration with experts in the child development field and include speech and language skills, social-emotional development, tips, conversation starters, learning games and activities, and much more.

Families can sign up using the form on the Lantern website. Text messages are customized by the child’s due date or age and zip code.

The Courageous Parents Network (CPN) is a nonprofit that aims to empower, support and equip families and providers caring for children with a serious medical condition.

CPN presents educational resources in an array of formats — including video, audio story, downloadable guides, blogs, events and more — with a singular goal: to give parents confidence that they are being the best possible advocate for their child. Curated resources include:

• Navigating medical complexity
• NeuroJourney – information and support for families grappling with the medical, social and emotional aspects of Severe Neurological Impairment
• Coping with loss