Mental Health Services

The Mental Health Department has a network of county-operated and contracted programs, which include outpatient treatment and emergency mental health care that includes temporary hospitalization for individuals with severe mental illness.

Call: 1-800-704-0900

Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 1-855-278-4204

Emergency Psychiatric Services: (408) 885-6100

Inpatient care, available 24 hours a day. Evaluation, assessment, treatment and observation, and referral to appropriate care, including admission to a hospital when needed.

Mental Health Urgent Care: (408) 855-7855

MHUC is a walk-in outpatient clinic for Santa Clara County residents experiencing a mental health crisis. It provides screening assessment, crisis intervention, referral and short-term treatment for adolescents and adults.


Serving Santa Clara county for over 50 years, ACT provides vital, affordable mental health services to anyone in need. The mission of ACT is to empower and rehabilitate persons who are socially, mentally, economically and/or situationally disadvantaged. Our services help to improve the quality of life for individuals, families and groups in the San Jose/Santa Clara Valley.

441 Park Avenue

San Jose, CA 95110

Call: (408) 287-2640


AACI Mental Health Services offers culturally and linguistically competent services that help clients overcome barriers to mental health care.

2400 Moorpark Ave., Suite 300

San Jose, CA 95128

Call: (408) 975-2730


HealthRIGHT 360 offers a continuum of mental health services, including integrated treatment for clients with co-occurring substance use disorder and mental health problems. Services for youth are available through Asian American Recovery Services.

1340 Tully Road, Suite 304

San Jose, CA 95122

Call: (408) 271-3900


CalWORKS Behavioral Health/AOD Services is a multicultural Behavioral health and substance abuse program for CalWORKs participants that helps improve personal and family issues that may keep them from finding economic and emotional self-sufficiency. CalWORKs Behavioral Health/AOD Services is a program member of the Community Health Alliance.

2625 Zanker Road, Suite 101

San Jose, CA 95134

Call: (408) 325-5229


Catholic Charities' Older Adult Program

The Behavioral Health Older Adult Program is a Full Service Partnership contract with the Department of Behavioral Health to serve low-income older adults living with acute Behavioral illness. Program staff will do “whatever it takes” on a 24/7 basis to manage a client’s illness and recovery. Available to those 60+ years old, with a history of two or more Behavioral health episodes leading to hospitalization or EPS visits in the last year, and ready to step down from acute psychiatric services with appropriate support.

195 E. San Fernando St.,

San Jose, CA 95112

Call: (408) 468-0100


The Central Wellness & Benefits Center (CWBC) is a Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funded program in Santa Clara County that provides ongoing medication services. Clients are referred to our Center in order to receive behavioral health services. The Center provides basic behavioral health, crisis intervention, and benefit enrollment services to all clients.

2221 Enborg Lane

San Jose, CA 95128

Call: 1 (408) 885-6220


Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc. serves virtually all of California’s counties in facilities throughout the state. They offer mental health clients and their families a continuum of care and treatment, from traditional psychiatric services to innovative recovery programs, geared towards community reintegration. They operate all our facilities on the basic premise that mental health issues are treatable.

Idylwood Care Center

1002 W. Fremont Ave.

Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Call: (408) 739-2383

Crestwood San Jose

1425 Fruitdale Ave.

San Jose, CA 95128

Call: (408) 275-1010


Provides intake and referrals, phone screening for families and children up to the age of 17 years. Offers information about other community resources and information about access services to public mental health.

Call: (408) 379-3796

After hours crisis line: (408) 379-9085 or 1-877-41-CRISIS


Elm Street Mission has been helping the homeless and hurting of Santa Cruz since 1972. Their focus is on working with those who are bound by addictions and/or mental illness. They provide food, clothes, and help people to get into programs.

117 Elm Street

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Call: (831) 420-0543


Provide high quality, comprehensive health care, including prevention and education, early intervention, treatment and advocacy services which are affordable, respectful, culturally, linguistically and age appropriate

160 E. Virginia Street

Suite 280 San Jose, CA 95112

Call: (408) 287-6200


Momentum for Mental Health is the largest nonprofit provider of mental health services in Santa Clara County. Momentum offers treatment for adults, teens and families experiencing serious mental illness.

Momentum Office

438 North White Road

San Jose, Ca, 95127

Call: (408) 254-6828

Momentum Outpatient

2001 The Alameda

San Jose, Ca, 95126

Call: (408) 261-7777


The mission and values of NAMI Santa Clara County are to help people with a lived experience of mental illness and families by providing support, education and advocacy; to promote research; to reduce stigma and discrimination in the community; and to improve services by working with mental health professionals and families.

1150 S. Bascom Ave. Suite 24

San Jose, CA 95128

Call: (408) 453-0400


Uplift Family Services is one of the largest, most comprehensive mental and behavioral health treatment programs in California. Uplift Family Services takes a state-of-the-art approach to children and adolescents with complex behavioral health challenges and helps them recover from trauma such as abuse, severe neglect, addiction and poverty. For youth that exit our programs, more than 90 percent are living in the community, staying in school and remaining out of trouble.

Call: (408) 379-3796

Campbell

251 Llewellyn Avenue

Campbell, CA 95008

Call: (408) 379-3790

San Jose- Gish

232 East Gish Road

San Jose, CA 95112

Call: (408) 453-7616

San Jose- Tully

1310 Tully Road, Suite 101

San Jose, CA 95122

Call: (408) 379-3790


Crisis outreach, referral and education center provides walk-in crisis intervention, screening and referrals to community mental health resources.

Appointments: 1-888-334-1000

Homeless Program: 885-3321

General Information: 885-5000