In crisis right now? Call or text 988 Veterans and service members, press 1
All crisis linesVeterans · Military families · Neighborhoods under strain
The Reynoso Family Foundation exists because one family decided that what happened to them should be harder to repeat. We work on suicide prevention, PTSD awareness, and putting mental health help close enough to reach on the worst day someone is having.
01 — Get help
Every number below is staffed by people trained for this, at no cost, whether or not you have insurance, a diagnosis, or a VA file. Nothing here routes through us.
Anyone, any age, any reason
Thoughts of suicide, a panic spiral, a night that won’t end. Interpretation available in more than 240 languages. Press 1 to reach the Veterans Crisis Line.
Veterans, service members, Guard, Reserve, and their people
Responders include veterans and military family members. You can call about someone else. You can call for something that isn’t an emergency yet.
Anyone who would rather type
Trained volunteer crisis counselors over text. Useful for teenagers, for people in shared housing, and for anyone who can’t safely be overheard.
Combat veterans and their families
Round-the-clock confidential talk with another combat veteran. Vet Centers also offer counseling outside the hospital system, including for readjustment and military sexual trauma.
Substance use and mental health, including for family
Free, confidential treatment referral and information, 24/7, in English and Spanish. They will help you find local treatment whether or not you can pay.
Active duty, Guard, Reserve, and military families
Non-medical counseling, relocation and money stress, childcare, and legal questions — the practical load that sits underneath a mental health crisis.
You do not need their permission to ask for advice, and you do not need to have the perfect sentence ready. Coaching Into Care is a free VA service that coaches family members and friends on how to start the conversation and how to keep it going after the first refusal.
1-888-823-7458 Weekdays, free, confidential
If there are firearms, medications, or a plan in the picture, ask the crisis line about putting time and distance between the person and the method. That single conversation changes outcomes more than almost anything else on this page.
988call or text · veterans press 1
Free · Confidential · 24/7
02 — Mission
Most of the distance between a person in trouble and the help that exists is made of small, boring obstacles: a number nobody has saved, a clinic that stopped answering, a spouse who doesn’t know what to say, a week where nobody checks in. We work on the boring obstacles.
We are a family foundation, so we say plainly what we are not: not a treatment provider, not a crisis center, not a substitute for care. What we do is make the route shorter — then stay in touch after the emergency is over, which is when most people are quietly left alone.
03 — What we do
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Safety planning walked through line by line. Lethal-means conversations with families, handled without lectures. A check-in list for the weeks after a hospital discharge, when risk is highest and attention is lowest.
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What hyperarousal looks like at a kitchen table. Why someone sits facing the door. What treatments have evidence behind them, and what they ask of a person. We run sessions for spouses, parents, and teenagers — the people who notice first and get told least.
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Neighborhoods where loss is routine and services are thin get the same materials, the same trainings, and the same follow-through — delivered through schools, barbershops, churches, and the funeral week, when the whole block is listening.
04 — In memory
This foundation carries his name because his family refused to let the story end at the loss. Everything on this site is arranged the way they wanted it: the crisis numbers first, before the mission statement, before the logo, before anyone gets a chance to scroll past them.
Nelson is remembered by the people who knew him, and they are still the best source on who he was. His family adds to this page as they are ready to — and what is written here will always be in their words, not ours.
Say his name out loud, then save the number.
05 — Support us
We are early. That makes a few specific kinds of help worth far more than a general donation would be today.
Peer supporters, veterans willing to sit with other veterans, drivers for appointments, and volunteers to staff resource tables at community events.
Volunteer with usA print run of wallet cards. Room rental for a family session. Gas cards for a veteran getting to weekly treatment. Ask us for the current list and what it costs.
Ask for the listPrint the wallet card, put one in your glovebox, and hand the rest to people who will not visit a website when it gets bad.
Get the cardWe are not collecting money until our nonprofit status is settled, because we would rather be slow than unclear about where a dollar goes. When the 501(c)(3) determination or a fiscal sponsorship is in place, a donation link will appear right here.
Donation link pending — ask to be told when it opens
06 — Contact
A person reads every message. We answer as fast as a small family foundation can, which is usually a few days.
This form is not monitored around the clock. If today is the emergency, call or text 988 instead — veterans press 1 — or text 838255.
Thank you for writing to us. Someone from the family will read this and reply to the email you gave.
If things get worse before you hear back, call or text 988.