Baltimore Lifeline
Guided Triage

Get guided help

This short questionnaire helps prioritize what you need first, then matches you to the most relevant resources in the current dataset.

If you are in immediate danger, seriously injured, or cannot stay safe right now, call 911 immediately. If you are in a mental health or substance-use crisis, call or text 988.
If you skip a question, we treat it as the least urgent or no-additional-need option. Unchecked multi-select questions are treated as no additional needs.

Location and travel

Optional, but helpful for ranking nearby services first.

How far are you realistically able to travel today?

This helps us prioritize closer resources when travel is limited.

Use your current location to prioritize nearby services?

If you share your location, we can filter out farther options and rank closer ones higher.

No location saved yet.

You can still use guided help without sharing location.

Immediate safety

These answers may trigger urgent recommendations before anything else.

1. Are you in immediate danger right now, seriously injured, or unable to stay where you are safely?
2. Are you thinking about harming yourself or someone else, or do you feel like you may not be able to stay safe?
3. Are you unsafe at home because of violence, threats, abuse, or someone controlling you?

Basic needs in the next 24 hours

4. Do you have a safe place to sleep tonight?
5. Do you have enough food for today?
6. Do you need any of these health-related supports right now? Check all that apply.

Stabilizing the next few days

7. Are you at risk of eviction, behind on rent, or trying to keep your housing?
8. Are you behind on utilities, phone, internet, water, gas, or electric bills?
9. Do you need transportation to get to shelter, food, medical care, work, school, or an appointment?
10. Do you need clothing, hygiene supplies, diapers, menstrual products, or other essentials?

Longer-term support

11. Do you need help with any of these? Check all that apply.
12. Are you looking for work, job training, resume help, or income support?
13. Are you caring for children, pregnant, parenting, or seeking family-related support?
14. Are you an older adult or looking for support for an older adult?
15. Do you need disability-related accommodations, accessible transportation, mobility support, or help navigating services because of a disability?
16. Would you like help figuring out what resources fit your situation?