Reach mental health care in your language
LINC is a patient navigator for mental health care. It walks you through every step, finding a provider, understanding paperwork, preparing, and booking, in your own language and with a person you trust.
How LINC helps you reach care, step by step
LINC is a patient navigator. It guides you from noticing a problem to a booked, attended visit, and helps with what gets in the way.
- Understand your options and the system
- Find care in your language
- Check cost, coverage, and eligibility
- Book your appointment and prepare
- Go to the visit, with a free interpreter
- Track your plan and follow up
Guides
Plain, step-by-step guides for reaching care.
Getting to your appointment: transport, childcare, time off, and cost
Practical ways to get past the everyday barriers that keep people from care, including free rides, childcare, and time off.
How health care in the US works (for newcomers)
A friendly orientation to how care and coverage work in the United States, so you can find your way to mental health support.
US clinics: what to expect and how visits work
A gentle walk through how US clinic visits usually go, from checking in to picking up a prescription, so the room feels familiar before you arrive.
Booking your first appointment: a phone call and an online form
Practice booking your first mental health appointment by phone or online, with a script you can use to ask for a free interpreter.
Find a mental health provider who speaks your language
Practical, repeatable ways to find a counselor or therapist in your language, or one who works with a free interpreter.
If you are in a crisis
Free, confidential help is available right now, in your own language.