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Mental-health or suicide crisis
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Domestic violence
If a partner or household member is threatening, controlling, stalking, or hurting you, focus on getting to a safer place and making a plan that does not expose your location. Call 911 for immediate danger. Advocates can help you think through options; availability and next steps vary.
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Talk with a live advocate by phone, or use the official site’s chat and text options.
1-800-799-SAFE Visit the official hotline site →West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Find West Virginia domestic-violence program and complaint-line information through the coalition’s official contact page.
Open WV Coalition contact page →Legal Aid of West Virginia
The site’s Legal Aid resource includes domestic-violence, landlord/tenant, family-law, and other civil legal services for eligible West Virginians.
Visit Legal Aid of WV →WomensLaw: West Virginia
Plain-language legal information about custody, visitation, domestic violence, and restraining orders. Information is not legal representation.
Read WomensLaw WV information →Housing crisis
If you need somewhere safe tonight, call before traveling. Beds, intake rules, transportation, and eligibility can change, and a directory listing is not a reservation.
West Virginia 211
Ask about emergency shelter, coordinated entry, housing, food, transportation, and local referrals.
Call 211 Visit WV 211 →Search WV 211
Search by need and location for shelters and other local services. Use a safe device if your activity could be monitored.
Search the official directory →Before you go: Ask about current openings, screening, identification, children, pets, medication, transportation, cost, and whether the program serves your situation.
Food and basic needs
If you need food, water, transportation, healthcare navigation, or other basic-needs help, call 211 and share your county or ZIP code. Ask what is open today and what information you need to bring.
WV 211 basic-needs search
Search for food, shelter, healthcare, transportation, and other local services by location and topic.
Call 211 Search WV 211 →HELP4WV
West Virginia’s behavioral-health and recovery helpline. Call or text for behavioral-health support and resource referrals.
1-844-435-7498 Visit HELP4WV →When the immediate moment has passed
Use the full directory to keep looking, or contact Gangsta Goddess with a general question about where to start. We can help you find a next resource, but providers decide eligibility, availability, and response times.
Not an emergency service: Contact Gangsta Goddess is for general questions and is not monitored around the clock. For urgent help, call 911, 988, 211, HELP4WV, or the National Domestic Violence Hotline as appropriate.