Mental Health Matters Initiative

Mental Health Resources

If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide and seeking emotional support, there are crisis lines available via phone, chat, or text 

If a suicide attempt has occurred, call 911 immediately or go to a nearby hospital emergency room. 

from in.gov/issp

Black Hoosiers: 

YOUNG MEN, INC. YOUTH MINISTRY: 

A program designed to empower African American males and youth in historically marginalized communities ages 9-16, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually 

 

Black Girls Smile 

Free therapy vouchers and services to connect black women and girls with culturally, racially, and gender competent mental health services 

 

100 Black Men of Indianapolis 

A youth development organization that provides mentoring-based programs 

 

Loveland Foundation 

A program facilitated by African American family members of loved ones with a mental health condition 

 

Hispanic/Latinx Hoosiers 

LA PLAZA: 

An organization that serves Central Indiana’s Latino community through services and community events 

 

NAMI MENTAL WEALTH HOUR 

Monthly meeting designed to create space for people in the African American and Latinx communities of Indianapolis to have conversations about mental health that is shaped by and for Black and Latinx individuals 

 

LATINX THERAPY 

Provides a directory of Latinx therapists and other resources for the Latinx community on mental health 

 

Indigenous People: 

THE AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER OF INDIANA 

AICI’s Circle of Wellness Program, provides health education, screenings, and referral services to American Indians/Alaska Natives/Native Hawaiians in Indiana 

 

WE R NATIVE 

A comprehensive health resource for Native youth by Native youth, promoting holistic health and positive growth in local communities and nationwide 

 

ONE SKY CENTER 

A resource to improve prevention and treatment of mental health and substance use problems and services among Native people 

 

Asian American Hoosiers 

ASIAN MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE 

AMHC aspires to make mental health easily available, approachable, and accessible to Asian communities worldwide 

 

NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION 

NAAPIMHA strives to raise awareness of the role of mental health in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders 

 

SOUTH ASIAN MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE AND NETWORK 

The SAMHIN provider network includes mental health professionals with a strong desire to provide counseling to the South Asian community 

THE MENTAL HEALTH FUND FOR QUEER AND TRANS BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR 

Provides financial assistance to QTBIPOC to increase access to mental health support 

 

THE TREVOR PROJECT 

The world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ young people 

 

NATIONAL QUEER ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER ALLIANCE 

a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander organizations 

Outcomes from mental health initiatives:

Special thanks to our funders for this initiative: