Resources

Emergency Mental Health Services

Arizona behavioral health crisis line

Call 1-844-534-4673 or 1-844-534-HOPE

Text HOPE to 4HOPE (44673)

Urgent Psychiatric Care (UPC) a safe environment for people to seek the help they deserve. We welcome everyone, regardless of history or current circumstance. No exceptions. No judgment. By providing immediate access to care and by connecting people to benefits and community resources, we have created a system that puts people on the journey to recovery. 

Mind 24-7 is an open door to mental health care, around the clock. Walk-In Mental Health for YOU and your LOVED ONES, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Banner Behavioral Health Hospital Assessment and evaluation, inpatient psychiatric care, addiction and detoxification. 

Behavioral Health Assistance

Arizona Center for Disability Law - Mental Health:  Advocates for the legal rights of persons with disabilities to be free from abuse, neglect and discrimination and to gain access to services, maximizing independence and achieving equality.

Arizona Behavioral Health Corporation: Provides quality, affordable housing and supportive services for persons with behavioral health needs and others with similar housing challenges in Arizona.

Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition: A coalition providing awareness, intervention and action around conditions that result in suicidal acts in Arizona. 

C.H.E.E.E.R.S. (Center 4 Health, Enlightenment, Enrichment, Empowerment Renewal Services): Center for Health and Recovery (CHR) is a non-profit, peer-run recovery program focused on individuals and families affected by behavioral health conditions.

Copa Health: Provides info and resources to anyone living with a mental illness, their family members, friends and providers.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Provides hope, help, support and education to improve the lives of people who have mood disorders.

Information and Resources, Marc Community Resources:  As a free service, Information and resources are provided to anyone in, or connected to, the mental health community. Anyone!  Including those living with a mental illness, their family members, friends and professionals.

Mental Health Association of Arizona: (MHA) provides support, resources, and education to anyone in, or connected to, the mental health community.

Mentally Ill Kids in Distress (MIKID): Offers support, education, and skills development to families and their children as well as youth and young adults who are experiencing mental health and behavior challenges throughout Arizona and Colorado.

NAMI Arizona (National Alliance on Mental Illness): NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Offer local support groups and education on mental health.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance: Focuses on education, wellness and support resources.

Partnership to End Addiction: Helps people with addiction prevention, treatment and recovery.

Community Resources

211 Arizona: Resource database for food, healthcare, transportation, rental assistance and many more areas of need. 

Resume Builder: Employment services for people experiencing homelessness.

Arizona at Your Service: Search for Arizona agencies, services and more.

Arizona Department of Economic Security: (DES) DES works with families, community organizations, advocates and state and federal partners to realize our collective vision that every child, adult, and family in Arizona will be safe and economically secure. AzDES provides resources for: Early Intervention Programs, Aging and Adult Services, Benefits and Medical Eligibility, Community Assistance and Development, Child Care, Child Support Services, Developmental Disability Resources, and Employment and Rehabilitation services. 

Find a food bank: Arizona’s largest database of food banks, pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other organizations that distribute emergency food.  

United Food Bank: Food bank: 245 S. Nina Drive, Mesa, AZ 85210. Volunteer Center: 358 E. Javelina Ave., Mesa, AZ 85210 

Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Opioid Treatment Programs

24/7 Access Points: Arizona now has four 24/7 Access Point locations providing opioid treatment services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to serve individuals seeking treatment. Medication assisted treatment is offered in various settings in the community that are commonly described as Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) and Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOTs).

AHCCCS Opioid Services Locator. 

  Medication-assisted treatment (MAT): Uses approved medicine and behavioral therapies, like counseling to treat substance use    disorders (SUDs).

Find treatment: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) collects information on thousands of state-licensed providers who specialize in treating substance use disorders, addiction, and mental illness. 

Support and Education

Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA): Helps people who have disabilities get access to employment and more economic independence.

notMYkid: Provides youth, families, schools, and community partners with high impact prevention education and early intervention programs. Programs and trainings focus on substance use, vaping, bullying, relationships, trauma, body image, mental health, and internet safety for youth, adults, and the community at-large. 

Office of Individual and Family Affairs: OIFA promotes recovery, resiliency, and wellness for individuals with mental health and substance use challenges. Each OIFA team member has lived experience with behavioral health challenges, either from their own experiences of recovery or from directly supporting someone through their recovery. 

The Compassionate Friends: Supporting Family After a Child Dies. A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child. 

Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition: Promotes awareness, intervention and action to help change conditions that result in suicide.

Employment

Arizona@work: A statewide workforce development network.

Arizona Department of Economic Security: All kinds of employment resources.

AZ Disability Benefits 101 (DB 101): Learn how work and benefits go together.

Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) and RSA programs 

1-800-563-1221

Maricopa County.gov

Other Resources: Veteran Support, Tribal Relations, Refugees, Language and Family Resources.