If at any time you feel you, your child, or someone you know is in an emergency situation, please call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Students: If it is not an emergency situation, but you would like to talk to someone, ask your teacher or a trusted adult at school to help you arrange for a meeting with your school's social worker/psychologist
(Suicide & Crisis Line)
Anyone in distress – or anyone trying to help someone who is – can now call a simple three-digit number, 988, to speak with a trained counselor. Studies have shown that even a brief 10- to a 15-minute conversation can result in a caller feeling less suicidal, less depressed, and less overwhelmed.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline -1-800-273-8255- still works, but the service has received an update and will now be able to address more mental health concerns, as well as suicide crises.
Text "Home" to 741741
for immediate Crisis Counseling
Crisis Text Line is available for any crisis. A live, trained crisis counselor receives the text and responds, all from secure online platform.
Text-A-Tip is a 24/7 anonymous text crisis hotline offering emotional support for middle school and high school youth. The hotline utilizes non-District 70, local fully licensed mental health professionals from our community to help our students through crisis and direct them to resources available.
Possible reasons one would contact Text-A-Tip:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Concerns about Bullying
- Difficult Family Situations
- Suicidal Thoughts/Ideations
How do I contact Text-A-Tip?
Text "LAKECO" to 1-844-823-5323
Callers to 211 can get LIVE assistance with needs such as: food, shelter, counseling, income supports, employment, healthcare, and services for specialized populations such as teens, elderly, and persons with disabilities and much more. All calls are free, anonymous and confidential.
Simply dial 211 or call 1-888-865-9903.
Text your zip code to 898211. People at the 211 contact center will respond to texts 24/7/ An expert navigator will text back. Text your question to begin getting the help you need.
Search for services or answers on the 211 Lake County website. Click on icons on the home page to search for services or search by a custom topic.
District 70 has partnered with ReferralGPS to a provide students, staff and families with increased access to local resources that will help them address mental health and substance abuse issues.
ReferralGPS is a service providing assistance to our community in finding local mental-health and substance use related treatment resources. The service compliments the districts existing systems of support as a tool for student service teams and families to connect with treatment. Along with a searchable database of treatment options, ReferralGPS provides Care Navigation to assist families in triage and appointment setting.
School district staff and families may access ReferralGPS in two ways:
- Contact Student Services (social workers, psychologists, counselors) to seek out treatment options.
- Visit this link at https://referralgps.com/find-help/D70Libertyville to search for treatment resources or connect with a Care Navigator anonymously
The platform has the ability to filter by mental health concern, clinician gender/specialty, location, and insurance acceptance. The service is available for all types of private and public insurance options including PPO, HMO, Medicaid, and families that are uninsured or underinsured.
ReferralGPS is available for use by district students, staff, and families at no cost. All information entered on the ReferralGPS tool is completely confidential and securely stored.
Please note, this service is an optional resource available by choice and is not mandatory in any way. If you are interested in seeking counseling-related services at this time, please consider reaching out to the Student Services team or visiting https://referralgps.com/find-help/D70Libertyville.
