While you wait — help you can use today
- Crisis or mental health: call or text 988 (Veterans press 1).
- Local services (housing, food, utilities): dial 211.
- Options counseling & long-term-care help: your local Aging & Disability Resource Center, 800-677-1116.
- Immediate danger: call 911.
Refer someone in Maricopa County
A case manager, discharge planner, or family member can tell us who needs a place. We'll add them to the waiting list and follow up as homes open here.
Refer someoneWho to contact in Maricopa County
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Free, confidential help in a mental-health, substance-use, or suicide crisis, 24/7. Call or text 988.
988 · https://988lifeline.org
Arizona Statewide Crisis Line (988 / 1-844-534-HOPE)
Statewide 24/7 behavioral-health crisis and access line.
1-844-534-4673 · https://www.azahcccs.gov/BehavioralHealth/crisis.html
2-1-1 (United Way)
Free line for housing, food, utilities, and local services. Dial 211.
211 · https://211arizona.org
Arizona DHS — Residential Facilities Licensing
Where to verify any provider’s licence to operate a group home in this state.
https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/residential-facilities/index.php
VA National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
Free, confidential, 24/7. Connects a veteran (or someone helping one) to local VA homeless services, HUD-VASH, SSVF, and Grant & Per Diem housing. Even an other-than-honorable discharge may qualify — ask.
877-424-3838 · https://www.va.gov/homeless/
Veterans Crisis Line
Free, confidential crisis support for veterans and their families, 24/7. Dial 988 then press 1, or text 838255.
Common questions from families in Maricopa County
People searching here often ask what a supported home costs, what the levels of care mean, how to qualify for disability housing, whether Medicaid pays, and how a supported home differs from assisted living or sober living. Straight answers:
- What does a supported home cost?
- What are the levels of care?
- How do I qualify for disability housing?
- Does Medicaid pay for a supported home?
- Supported home vs assisted living
Hear when a home opens in Maricopa County
One email, when there is something real to say.
Questions about supported homes, answered · For discharge planners and case managers · Help available today in Arizona