A warmline is a peer-run listening line staffed by people in recovery themselves. Sign up for a warmlines electronic mailing list at Yahoo Groups! Sign up for a peer run respites electronic mailing list at Yahoo Groups! Article about the Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community warmline by Rachel Hays Peer-run Respite Programs To search for Warmlines by state, click on a state in the list below. (Note: Warmlines listed in red are nationally accessible and welcome calls from anywhere) Arizona California Connecticut Georgia Indiana Kansas Maine Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Vermont Arizona Tucson Warmline 520-770-9909 or 877-770-9912 in southern Arizona 5 – 10 pm Monday – Thursday 3 - 11 pm Friday 1 - 10 pm Saturday and Sunday Local crisis number: 520-622-6000 California Friendship Line 888-448-9777 Serving all of the Los Angeles area Monday through Friday 6 - 10 pm Saturday and Sunday 2 - 10 pm Connecticut Common Thread Warmline 800-316-9145 5 pm – 7 pm, 7 days a week Greater Waterbury Peer Support Line 800-314-2680 5 pm – 10 pm, 7 days a week Safe Harbor Warmline 800-258-1528 5 pm -10 pm, 7 days a week Soundview Warmline 800-921-0359 5 pm – 10 pm, 7 days a week Georgia Georgia Peer Support Warmline 888-945-1414 Indiana KEYS Consumer Organization in Indiana 800-933-KEYS Available 8 AM – 5 PM M-F (EST) Kansas Compassionate Ear Warmline 866-WARM-EAR (927-6327) or 913-281-2252 4 pm – 10 pm, 7 days a week Kansas crisis number: 800-784-2433 Maine Maine Statewide Warmline 1-866-771-WARM (9276) 5 pm – 8 am Portland Area Warmline 207-772-WARM (9276) 5 pm – 8 pm, 7 days a week Local crisis number: 800-400-2506 Massachusetts Edinburg Center Warmline 800-243-5836 Monday – Friday: 5 pm – 10 pm; Saturday and Sunday: 1 pm – 10 pm Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community Peer Warmline 877-PEER-LNE (733-7563) 4 pm – 8 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday Local crisis number: 800-981-4357 CASTLE 617-610-7907 (this is not a crisis line) SU-F, 7-11 pm South Shore 617-689-1050, 617-689-1051, M-F & Sun For the crisis line call 800-528-4890 or 617-774-6036, OPEN 24 HOURS SMOC Warmline 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm Monday – Friday; 1 pm – 4 pm Saturday and Sunday This warmline does not take incoming calls; calls are made by appointment only. To schedule a 15 minute appointment, call Mark Knowlton at 508-879-2250, ext. 168. Must reside in the Metro-West area. Southeastern Recovery Learning Community Warmline 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm, 7 days a week (scheduled to open early June 2009) This warmline does not take incoming calls; calls are made by appointment only. To schedule a 15 minute appointment, call Elaine Campbell at 508-880-8527, ext. 104. Initially serving Southeastern Mass residents only. Samaritans Minnesota Minnesota NAMI Warmline 888-334-7754 5 pm – 9 pm M H Consumer/Survivor Network of Minnesota 800-483-2007 Available 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (CST) Missouri St. Louis Friendship Line 866-525-1442 or 314-652-6105 9 am – 5 pm (CT) Missouri crisis number: 888-279-8188 NAMI Missouri Warmline 800-374-2138 9 am – 9 pm, 7 days a week Central Missouri crisis number 800-833-3915 DMDA of St. Louis Friendship Line 314-652-6105, toll-free: 1-866-525-1442 Mental Health Association of the Heartland "Compassionate Ear Warm Line" 913-281-2251, toll-free: 1-866-927-6327 Montana Montana Warmline web site 1-877-688-3377 M-F 4-10 pm Sat/Sun 1-10 pm New Hampshire Keene Area Warmline 866-352-5093 7 pm – 10 pm, 7 days a week Local crisis number: 603-357-4400 (note: this warmline may be merging with Stepping Stone as of 7/1/09) Stepping Stone Warmline 603-543-0920 or locally: 888-582-0920 5 pm – 10 pm, 7 days a week Carlemont/Lebanon Warmline 888-582-0920 5 pm – 10 pm Laconia/Concord Warmline 800-306-4334 5 pm – 10 pm, 7 days a week Laconia crisis number: 603-524-1100 Concord crisis number: 603-934-3400 New Jersey Peer Recovery Warmline 1-877-292-5588 Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 10:00PM Saturday and Sunday 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM New York The Empowerment Center in New York 877-HELP-800, 877-4357-800 Available 8 AM – 8 PM M-F (EST) Oregon David Romprey Warmline 800-698-2392 Monday: 10 am – 8 pm; Tuesday: noon – 8 pm; Wednesday: 9 am – 2 pm; Thursday: 8 am – 6 pm; Friday: noon – 5 pm; Satuday: 5 pm – 10 pm; Sunday: 5 pm -10 pm Pennsylvania Allegheney County Warmline 866-661-WARM (9276) 10 am – midnight, 7 days a week Local crisis number: 888-796-8226 Texas Mental Health Association of Tarrant County in Fort Worth, TX 1-817-546-7806 (not a crisis line) 2 – 6 pm M-F Vermont Health Care and Rehabilitation Services Warmline 888-889-4779 6 pm – 9 pm, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Crisis number for southern Vermont: 800-622-4235 To join a national email listserv of people who operate or are trying to start new warmlines, email To add to this list, contact: This site can be reached at http://www.warmline.org. 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