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What you get

A free, confidential text line for children, youth and young adults in military families, run through Kids Help Phone. Text CAFKIDS to 686868, day or night, to reach a trained crisis responder. You can talk about moves, a parent being deployed, changing schools, anxiety, depression, self-harm or anything else.

Who qualifies:

  • You are a child, youth or young adult
  • Your family is a Canadian Armed Forces family
  • You live in Canada

What you need to apply:

  • A phone that can send texts

Program in Canada-wide.

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Details

How to reach them

  1. Apply on their website.
  2. Come back here and tell us if it worked.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

  • Text lineText line: Text CAFKIDS to 686868

Where else they are

Their website is cfmws.ca/.../crisis-texting-service.

Good to know

  • For whomChildren, youth and young adults from Canadian Armed Forces families living in Canada.
  • CostFree
  • Their stepsText the word CAFKIDS to 686868. A trained crisis responder will text you back.

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