Health and Human Service Hotlines

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255

Department of Mental Health Cape & Islands Crisis Hotline
1-800-322-1356

Elder Abuse Hotline
1-800-922-2275 (V/TDD)

Child-At-Risk Hotline
800-792-5200

Baby Safe Haven Hotline
866-814-SAFE (7233)

Transitional Assistance Fraud Hotline
800-FRAUD-99 (800-372-8399)

Request Emergency Interpreter
800-249-9949 (V/TTY)

Disabled Persons Protection Commission Hotline
800-426-9009

Safelink: Domestic Violence Hotline
877-785-2020 - 877-521-2601 (TTY)

Veterans Crisis Line
800-273-8255, Press 1

Barnstable County Announces $300,000 State Grant to Promote Wellness

Superior Court House, Barnstable. The Barnstable County Department of Human Services today announced they are a recipient of a Department of Public Health Mass In Motion Municipal Wellness and Leadership grant. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health was recently awarded over $3 million from a Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Community Transformation Grant to [...]

Barnstable County Department of Human Services Announces New Coordinator for the Regional Network to Address Homelessness

November 1, 2011. Barnstable County Department of Human Services is pleased to announce that Paula Schnepp has been named as the Coordinator for Regional Network to Address Homelessness. Ms. Schnepp will act as a consultant to the County in her role as the Network Coordinator and will work closely with the Executive Committee of the [...]

Hope and Help are Available

Cape Cod Times (Click Here to Read More at the Cape Cod Times) October 26, 2011

By BETH ALBERT, CANDACE PERRY & TIM LINEAWEAVER

The Oct. 18 story about Truro Police Chief John Lundborn is tragic on so many levels: for him and his family, for his fellow officers, for the town of Truro and [...]

Real Men. Real Depression

The Department of Human Services and the Cape and Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition promotes anti-stigma campaign aimed at men and depression.  

Research suggests that men are less likely to seek treatment for this serious illness; data also show that men die by suicide at four times the rate of women.

Using an effective national [...]

Resource Directory – Fuel Assistance and Utility Rights

Find resources for fuel assistance, ultity rights, heating system repair, weatherization and utility discounts in the Resouce Directory published by the Department of Human Services. Additional copies may be requested by calling 508-375-6628. A pdf. print version of the directoryis also available. [...]