Community Resources

BULLYING

Maricopa County Attorney's Office (MCAO)

Provides presentations to parents and caregivers on how to detect a child is being bullied and the legal implications of bullying, especially cyberbullying. MCAO also brings presentations to schools on how to deal with cyberbullying and inappropriate content distributed via the internet.  To request a presentation, contact: MCAO Community Affairs (602) 506-3411. You can submit an online form at: https://www.maricopacountyattorney.org/FormCenter

Arizona  Department of Health Services

For Bullying Resources anI information, visit the ADHS Bullying website:  muststopbullying.org

Arizona Attorney General's Office Outreach and Education Division

We travel statewide offering presentations educating and bringing awareness to help    protect our communities, on various topics including but not limited to, suicide prevention, anti-bullying, internet safety, human trafficking, opioid  addiction and vaping. All of our presentations are free and available in Spanish as well as English.  To learn more or to request a presentation feel free to contact me directly or follow the link to our website: azag.gov/outreach

The Dion Initiative

The Dion Initiative for Child Well-Being and Bullying Prevention is a resource and research program that promotes environments that foster the health, well-being, and academic success of children. https://www.dioninitiative.org/

DATING AND FAMILY VIOLENCE RESOURCES

Bloom365

BLOOM365 has a mission; to prevent dating abuse BEFORE it starts  by educating and activating young people.  Its 3-step approach combines a research-based and evidence-informed  multi ­dose prevention education curriculum with direct service advocacy and youth-led activism for positive social change. More information can be found on our website or by phone at 1-888-606 HOPE (4673).  bloom365.org

Kaity's Way

Kaity's Way is an Arizona-based non-profit that educates about the importance of healthy relationships on all levels and brings awareness to the issue of teen dating violence. Our mission is to advocate for healthy relationships by providing education, skills tools to youth and their allies. Our programs range from providing presentations at schools and organizations, two regularly scheduled monthly workshops in Peoria and Mesa, and our curriculum and our after school Peer2 Peer program. Visit our website at kaitysway.org to learn more about us, contact us and/or request a presentation. (602)740-2734; email us at kw08@kaityswa.org

EATING DISORDERS

Ophelia's Place

Ophelia's Place provides support, education, and resources for eating disorders, disordered eating and body dissatisfaction. (480) 436-7683  opheliasplace.org                                                                                   

Rosewood Tempe

Rosewood Tempe offers a unique blend of flexible, innovative services for eating disorders and co-occurring disorders in the form of general counseling, nutrition, and psychiatric services in a safe, supportive outpatient environment. While many of our eating disorder patients require highly structured treatment based in a hospital or residential environment, Rosewood Tempe is for adults and adolescents who need a similar range of compassionate care from trained professionals while living off-campus. 844-920-9401 https://www.rosewoodranch.com/locations/rosewood-tempe/

MENTAL HEALTH/SUICIDE/CRISIS

Teen LifeLine

A hotline focusing on offering assistance to teens. Young adults can talk to peers via phone call or texting, all supervised by trained crisis counselors. Inside Maricopa County: 602-248-TEEN or (602) 248-8336 Outside Maricopa County: 800-248-TEEN

Aurora Behavioral Health

The largest free-standing psychiatric hospital in Arizona. Services include inpatient,  partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient serving adolescents 13-17 and adults 18 and over.  24/7 Patient Services are available at: (480) 345-5420 or (877) 870-7012. auroraarizona.com

Crisis Response Network

A nonprofit offering experienced, professionally trained Crisis Specialists ready to respond  24/7 to whatever crisis an individual is facing with rapid mobile team response. Services include a peer-run warm Line, serious mental illness determinations, crisis transportation services, Department of Child Safety rapid response and crisis stabilization services, tragedy support lines and more. crisisnetwork.org

Central Arizona Crisis Line (24/7/365) (602) 222-9444, (1-800) 631 1314

Warm Line (Peer-to-Peer) (602) 347-1100

Northern Arizona Crisis Line (877) 756-4090

Hearing Impaired (TTY/TDD) Crisis Line (800) 327-9254

Mentally Ill Kids In Distress (MIKID)

A non-profit, statewide organization for families who are dealing with mental health challenges. They focus on the family as a whole, providing them with tools to help achieve goals, information on natural supports, community resources and education.  MIKID currently offers free SafeTalk suicide prevention training for schools in Maricopa and Pinal counties. Call (602) 253-1240 or visit mikid.org

Mental Health America of Arizona

Mental Health America of Arizona promotes the mental health and well-being for all Arizonans through education, advocacy and the shaping of public policy. We do so by developing, empowering, informing and activating a network of people, healthcare providers and business alliances interested in advocating for sound public mental health policy in Arizona. mhaarizona.org

NAMI Valley of the Sun

Provides education programs, at no cost throughout Maricopa County, including family programs, peer programs,  programs for teachers and school administrators, programs for veterans and their families, support groups, and many more. namivalleyofthesun.org

Office (Not Crisis) (602) 2 4-8166

Maricopa Crisis Line (800) 631-1314

Hearing impaired (TTY/TDD) Crisis Line (800) 327-9254

Safe Place

Safe Place is a program that serves Maricopa County's youth, ages 12-17 years old 24/7. Safe Place provides immediate assistance to those in crisis, including shelter. Youth can contact Safe Place by either calling the crisis line, texting their location, or entering and asking for help at any of our partner site locations with the Safe Place sign. nationalsafeplace.org

Crisis line: (602) 841-5791

Space Before Change    

Space Before Change is a coaching membership for bullying and mental health care. This confidential supportive resource creates space for the emotions that thwart change. Centering on the keystone habit called M42, participants learn self-awareness, self-respect and self regulation. spacebeforechange.com

Terros Health

Terros Health is a nonprofit, behaviorally-led whole health, integrated care provider with specialization in trauma-informed mental health, physical health, addiction recovery and wellness interventions. Call (602)685-6000 or visit terroshealth.org

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Addiction Haven

Addiction Haven educates with families, adolescents and community stakeholders on addiction, policy, reducing stigma, early intervention, overdose prevention and

also provide resources and referrals to those in active addiction  and educate families on communication skills, addiction, early intervention, and recovery. addictionhaven.com

Community Bridges

Provides comprehensive, medically-integrated behavioral  health services statewide. Services focus on using age-specific interventions to taper adolescents off opioids by using medication assisted treatment, individual counseling, and extended family support. The program  helps youth to identify, manage, and understand individual challenges in order to achieve true wellness and recovery.  24/7 Access to Care available at (877) 931-9142 communitybridgesaz.org

Evolution Way

We offer a Medically supervised behavioral addiction treatment that breaks the cycle, rebuilds the individual, restores positive attributes and re-engages them back into life. We are a facility with a proven track record to stop heroin addiction. 480-292-8500. info@GoEvolutionWay.com. https://www.goevolutionway.com

Pathway

The Pathway Program is a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for teenagers and youth ages 13-25, located in the greater Phoenix, Arizona area. The Pathway Program is the top drug and alcohol rehab treatment center for teens and young adults in Arizona, providing the most successful drug, alcohol, and substance abuse treatment programs in Arizona for over 20 years. At the Pathway Program, we take your family’s drug and alcohol treatment as seriously as you do. Our alcohol and substance abuse rehab center staff will go the extra mile, acknowledge the specific needs of your family, and work with you to create a custom drug and alcohol addiction treatment program and recovery plan. 877-921-4050 https://thepathwayprogram.com/

Parents of Addicted Loved ones (PAL)

A parent support group providing hope, guidance, and addiction education to those who are affected by addiction.  Groups meet every week and PAL meetings are open to anyone of any faith or background; as our primary goal is to provide hope through education and support for parents dealing with addicted  loved ones. Call (480)  300-4712 or visit palgroup.org/find-a-meeting/arizona-pal-meetings

Drug Rehab Connections

An informational website about drug rehab and what to expect. Drugrehabconnections.com

YOUTH AND FAMILY RESOURCEs

Andy Hull's Sunshine Foundation

Following the untimely death of her son, LeAnn Hull created  a foundation to offer love,

encouragement and suicide prevention. The focus and mission of the foundation is to provide awareness and prevention of suicide with a "You Matter" approach. 

 Andyssunshine.com

Autism Society of Greater Phoenix

The Autism Society of Greater Phoenix provides information, resource:, and support to families affected by autism and helps families who have just received the autism diagnosis by providing information  on effective treatments.  phxautism.org

Civil Air Patrol

Civil Air Patrol is a congressionally chartered, non-profit corporation that services as the official civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. CAP is a volunteer organization with aviation-minded membership. The three key missions are emergency services (includes search and rescue and disaster relief), aerospace education for youth and cadet programs for teenage youth 12 -21 years old). CAP is also tasked in assisting Homeland Security, and various governmental agencies at the local and state level for various activities.PH: 480.231.3866 https://www.squadron304.org/ https://www.facebook.com/WillieSquad304/    https://twitter.com/Squadron304

Child Crisis Arizona

Child Crisis Arizona Believes Every Single Child Matters. Together we can nurture Safe Kids…Strong Families. Child Crisis Arizona provides emergency shelter, foster care, adoption, counseling, early education, home visitation and parenting support services to Arizona’s most vulnerable children and families. Child Crisis Arizona’s mission is to provide Arizona’s children a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect, by creating strong and successful families. (480) 834-9424. https://childcrisisaz.org/

Childhelp

At Childhelp, our goal is to meet the physical, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children. We focus our efforts on prevention, intervention, treatment, and community outreach. Childhelp programs and services help children from any situation and let them experience the life they deserve: one filled with love. The principal theme across all of our programs is to provide children we serve with an environment of compassion and kindness. 480.922.8212. https://www.childhelp.org

Girls Rule

Girls Rule hosts programs to help girls thrive in their schooling, their dreamss and their lives. They educate and equip girls to succeed through  mother-daughter monthly summits, summer camp and afterschool clubs.   girlsrulefounation.org

Boys To Men Greater Phoenix

Boys to Men Is a group mentoring organization helping guide boys on their journey to being good men.  Trained men run weekly groups in middle and high schools, helping understanding of their strengths and what may be getting in their way. Boys and men also come together to engage in Rite of Passage weekends and monthly Adventure Groups. boystomenphoenix.org

The Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family (GOYFF) 

We work to strengthen the health and safety of Arizona’s communities through collaboration and capacity building statewide. Through a trauma-informed lens, GOYFF develops programs, coalitions, strategies, and initiatives to support Governor Ducey's priorities related to substance abuse, human trafficking, sexual & domestic violence, child well-being, and juvenile justice. The Arizona Human Trafficking Council, administered through GOYFF, was established to address human trafficking in Arizona through strategic and targeted human trafficking prevention and awareness efforts. The Council continues to expand human trafficking prevention efforts, support victims, increase successful prosecutions of traffickers and improve safety across the state by working to develop recommendations to provide victims with appropriate services and to promote public awareness through collaboration among law enforcement, non-profits and the community at large. For more information on the work of the Council, please visit: http://endsextrafficking.az.gov or contact Nikki Green, Director of Youth and Community Initiatives, at ngreen@az.gov.

Hospice of the Valley

Hospice of the Valley walks beside you on this journey with your loved one—from the early stages of care to hospice to grief counseling. We focus on your family. It’s the heart of what we do. (602) 530-6900 https://www.hov.org/

One•n•ten

one•n•ten is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving and assisting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questionimg  (LGBTQ) youth ages 14 to 24. From weekly discussion groups to fun, social networking events, we create a safe space, mentally and physically, for youth of all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. We also offer resources to promote healthy choices and living.    onenten.org

Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

The Council serves Arizonans of all ages with developmental disabilities, providing original research, education, advocacy and financial  support in the areas of employment, self-advocacy and community inclusion. addpc.az.gov

Wise Choices Alternatives

This organization provides solutions to what is called the "school to prison pipeline" with Cognitive Behavioral Life skills Curriculum.  We have our curriculum in book format as well as online courses such as Media Awareness, Bullying, Texting and Driving, Alcohol and Drug Awareness. Our unique blend of curriculum includes cognitive restructuring, self-directed learning and a narrative approach which helps individuals overcome their self-defeating thoughts and behaviors. wisechoicealternative.com

MILITARY RESOURCE

Operation Shockwave

Operation Shockwave brings veterans and their families  together for social engagements allowing the children to build friendships with other kids experiencing similar hardships with a veteran parent. Events focus on helping children understand what  their parent is battling, while building the child's own value and self-worth. The local Crisis Response Team is ready  24/7 at (480) 259-1212. operationshockwave.org