Santa Clara County Crisis Text Line
Preventing Substance Abuse and Suicide
Available 24 hours everyday
Text RENEW to
741741
Santa Clara County Crisis and Suicide Prevention Lifeline
11:00 AM – 9:00 PM (ET) Monday -Thursday; and 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (ET) Friday
TRUST
Trusted Response Urgent Support Teams for Mental Health or Substance Use for Santa Clara County Residents
Available 24 hours everyday
*Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The following is a list of local treatment providers who offer suicide and crisis intervention services in the Bay Area.
Santa Clara County Emergency Psychiatric Services (EPS):
Evaluation, assessment, treatment and observation, and referral to appropriate care, including admission to a hospital when needed.
https://bhsd.sccgov.org/programs-services/emergency-services/emergency-psychiatric-services-eps
Santa Clara County Mental Health Urgent Care
Walk-in or by appointment.
Walk-in outpatient clinic for Santa Clara County residents experiencing a mental health crisis. Provides screening, assessment, crisis intervention, referral and short-term treatment for adolescents and adults.
Read the program brochure here.
https://bhsd.sccgov.org/programs-services/emergency-services/mental-health-urgent-care-mhuc
Santa Clara County Suicide & Crisis Hotline
Provides phone intervention and emotional support to individuals in crisis. Highly trained volunteer counselors assist people who are feeling suicidal, experiencing distress, or just need to talk with someone who will listen.
Santa Clara County Mental Health Call Center
This service provides information regarding behavioral and mental health services (including eating disorders), screenings, appointments, benefits and authorizations.
Santa Clara County has developed five Community Mobile Response program teams supporting various levels of risk and age groups to provide effective and compassionate crisis intervention to beneficiaries, families and the community who exhibit mental health symptoms and may be at risk for self-harm or harm to others and reduce hospitalizations and unnecessary incarcerations whenever possible.
The teams are made up of different types of practitioners and workforce members, including licensed and unlicensed waivered Clinicians, Master of Social Work (MSW), Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT), Family Specialists, and Peer Support Workers with training and expertise in crisis response who may work closely with law enforcement, crisis hotlines, the community and family members to deliver the best services possible.
For more information, visit the Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Services website.
Santa Clara County 24/7 Information and Referral
Free non-emergency, confidential 3-digit phone number/service for access to critical services (multilingual)
http://www.211bayarea.org/santaclara/
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Crisis Support
Bill Wilson Center (For Teens)
Up to 30 days of respite care for teens in crisis/conflict Counseling services.
To learn more about these services, click here.
Uplift Family Services (Formerly EMQ FamiliesFirst) Crisis Team for children and adolescents(For Teens)
They will assess the situation through a phone interview and may send out a police officer for a welfare check.
https://upliftfs.org/our-services/services-by-region/bay-area/
Family & Children Service (FCS) (For Teens)
https://www.fcservices.org/
Hotline volunteers and staff members are trained to listen and connect callers with resources.