Crisis Hotlines
Resources below
Immediate, 24/7 support for individuals experiencing emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, or urgent mental health crises. These services provide confidential intervention, stabilization, and connection to ongoing care.
Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRT)
Call the Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) to help you or a loved one if there is a mental health or substance use crisis.
Available 24/7, they can come to you anywhere in San Diego County to help:
- Stabilize people
- Connect people to local care and support
- Prevent trips to the hospital or jail
The San Diego Access & Crisis Line (ACL)
Confidential and free of charge, the San Diego Access and Crisis Line (ACL) serves as the local crisis call center and is operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The ACL offers crisis support and helps facilitate connections to behavioral health resources for you or your loved one, including:
- Suicide prevention and crisis intervention
- Mobile crisis response services
- Alcohol and substance use referrals
- Mental health referrals
- Community resources
- Other supportive services
Self-Sufficiency Programs
The San Diego County Harm Reduction Services Program (SSP) is a public health initiative designed to reduce the harms associated with substance use, especially among people who inject drugs, by providing low-barrier, stigma-free services such as sterile syringe access and safe disposal, naloxone distribution and education, fentanyl test strips, and linkage to HIV/HCV testing and treatment. It also connects participants with substance use treatment, mental health care, housing support, and other social services to improve health outcomes and prevent disease transmission in the community.
- Food Assistance
- Medical Assistance
- Work and Money
- Veterans Services
- Housing Assistance
- Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs
- Public Charge