Short answer
If you are in immediate danger, call 911. Local help includes the YWCA Cass Clay emergency shelter and Sollera, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 is available around the clock. Use a device that is not monitored if you can. Help Me is not a shelter or an advocate.
The facts, in one place
- Immediate danger: call 911.
- YWCA Cass Clay and Sollera serve this metro.
- National hotline: 1-800-799-7233.
- Help Me cannot help you leave a home.
If you are in immediate danger
Call 911. If you cannot talk, stay on the line if you can. Campus public safety if you are on campus and that is the faster official path.
24/7 local and national lines
These are public, established services. If a device is monitored, use a device that is not monitored, or a public phone. Several local sites include a quick-exit control.
- YWCA Cass Clay emergency shelter (women and children, including people fleeing violence): 701-232-3449, ywcacassclay.org. Published 24/7. They also publish a help form if calling is unsafe.
- Sollera (formerly Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo–Moorhead): sollera.org. Crisis help published at 701-293-7273; the longstanding 24-hour line 1-800-344-7273 is still cited by local campuses. Confirm on sollera.org.
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (1-800-799-SAFE). thehotline.org.
- 211 / FirstLink can also connect you without you having to remember a name.
Do not use Help Me for this
Do not request a helper to “get me out of the house.” Do not share a live location with a matched stranger while you are fleeing. Advocates, police, and shelters know how to do this. We do not pretend to.
Where Help Me fits
Please do not use Help Me for this. Advocates, police, and shelters know how to help you leave safely.
Helpers can apply to be reviewed by our team. Help Me does not run background checks. Help Me is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number.
Questions people actually ask
No. Call 911 or a 24/7 advocate line. A matched stranger is not an extraction team.
Use a device that is not monitored if you can. YWCA describes an online help form. The national hotline also has chat on thehotline.org. 911 if you are in immediate danger.
The national hotline has chat on its website, and YWCA describes an online help form. Use a device that is not monitored if you can.
Keep going
- emergencyEmergencies: 911, then the right local deskCall 911 in Fargo, West Fargo, Moorhead, and Dilworth. Campus police and 211 are next. Help Me is not emergency response.
- housingHomeless services — call official programs, not a neighbor appOfficial shelter and housing help in Fargo–Moorhead: 211, Churches United, New Life Center, Gladys Ray, YWCA. Help Me is not a shelter.
- crisisMental health help — official crisis lines, not a neighbor chatMental-health crisis in Fargo–Moorhead: 988, 911 if in danger, FirstLink, campus counseling. Help Me is not a crisis line or a therapist.
- 211211 in North Dakota — FirstLinkDial 211 in North Dakota for food, shelter, heat, and referrals. FirstLink answers 211 at myfirstlink.org or 701-235-7335. Not Help Me.
- winterWinter shelter — official beds, not an app pinCold-weather shelter in Fargo–Moorhead: call 211 first. Churches United, New Life Center, Gladys Ray, YWCA. Hours change. Help Me is not a shelter.
- Not 911Help Me is not an emergency serviceHelp Me is for small favors in Fargo-Moorhead. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. Here is how to tell the difference.
Help Me is a community app for adults in Fargo–Moorhead. It is not a K–12 student program, not a youth chat, and not campus police.