Community Resource Guide
Find information for organizations and community groups dedicated to ensuring individuals with developmental disabilities lead self-directed, healthy and meaningful lives.
General Resources
These organizations provide a variety of resources to help members and families.
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa County
- Service area: Navajo, Apache, and Coconino Counties
- Service area: Statewide
DIRECT Center for Independence
- Service area: Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, and Santa Cruz Counties
New Horizons Disability Empowerment Center
- Service area: Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache Counties
S.M.I.L.E. (Services Maximizing Independent Living and Empowerment)
- Service area: Yuma and La Paz Counties
- Service area: Statewide
Advocacy
These organizations can help members and families share their opinions on issues that matter to them.
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Behavioral Health Corporation
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Long-Term Care Ombudsman
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa County
Physical Health
These organizations provide resources related to your physical health and well-being.
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Department of Health Services
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Federal Health Insurance Marketplace
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa County
Behavioral and Mental Health
These organizations offer resources to support your mental health. Many allow you to speak with a person trained to help people in crisis or who feel down.
DDD Office of Individual and Family Affairs
- Service area: Statewide
AHCCCS Office of Individual and Family Affairs (OIFA)
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa County
Mental Health America of Arizona
- Service area: Statewide
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- Service area: Statewide
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Valley of the Sun
- Service area: Statewide
Southwest Behavioral & Health Services
- Service area: Statewide
Special Assistance/AHCCCS Office of Human Rights
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa, Mohave, and Pima Counties
- Service area: Maricopa County
Child and Family Health and Wellness
These organizations offer resources for families with children.
Arizona Association for Infant Mental Health
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Head Start and Early Head Start
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Child Care Resource and Referral
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Partnership for Immunization (TAPI)
- Service area: Statewide
Children’s Rehabilitative Services (CRS)
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Fussy Baby (Birth to Five) Helpline
- 1-877-705-5437 (call or text)
- Service area: Statewide
Healthy Families
- Healthy Families Arizona
- Service area: Statewide
- Southwest Human Development
- Service area: Statewide
- Child and Family Resources
- Service area: Cochise, Coconino, Graham, Greenlee, Gila, La Paz, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma Counties
- Coconino County Health and Human Services
- Service area: Coconino County
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- Service area: Statewide
Maternity Services
These organizations offer resources to persons who are pregnant.
24-Hour Breastfeeding and Pregnancy Hotline
- 1-800-833-4642
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
- Call or Text: 833-TLC-MAMA (833-852-6262)
- Service area: Statewide
Postpartum Support International
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Low Cost/No Cost Dental Services
These organizations offer low or no-cost dental services to people without dental coverage.
Arizona Department of Health Services – Sliding Fee Scale Clinics
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa County
Desert Senita Community Health Ctr.
- Service area: Pinal County
- Service area: Pima County
- Service area: Maricopa County
Boys & Girls Clubs – Bob & Renee Parsons Children’s Dental Clinic
- Service area: Maricopa County
St. Vincent De Paul Free Dental Clinic Phoenix
- Service area: Maricopa County
- Service area: Maricopa County
Pima Community College Hygiene Clinic - Cleaning, Exam, X-Ray
- Service area: Pima County
Sun Life Family Health Center - Family Dental
- Service area: Pinal County
Substance Use
These organizations offer resources to people who need help stopping the use of substances like nicotine, alcohol, or drugs.
- 800-556-6222
- TTY/TDD 711
- Service area: Statewide
National Substance Use and Disorder Issues Referral and Treatment Hotline
- 800-662-4357
- TTY: 800-487-4889
- Service area: Statewide
Opioid Assistance and Referral Line
- 888-688-4222
- Service area: Statewide
- 800-556-6222
- Service area: Statewide
Protection Agencies
You can report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable person to these agencies.
Arizona Department of Child Safety
- Child Abuse Hotline: 888-SOS-CHILD (888-767-2445)
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Adult Protective Services
- Abuse Hotline: 877-SOS-ADULT (877-767-2385)
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Attorney General’s Office of Elder Affairs
- Service area: Statewide
Foster Care/Adoption
These agencies support adoptive parents and children in foster care.
Arizona Department of Child Safety
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Department of Education
- Service area: Statewide
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
These organizations offer resources specific to people with autism spectrum disorder.
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Autism Society of Greater Phoenix
- Service area: Maricopa County
National Institute of Mental Health
- Service area: Statewide
Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC)
- Service area: Maricopa County
LGBTQIA+ Members
These organizations offer resources to people who identify as LGBTQIA+.
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Interpersonal Safety
These organizations offer support to survivors of sexual or domestic abuse.
Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence
- Maricopa County Shelter Options
- A New Leaf – CAAFA
- 480-773-2359
- Singles and families, service animals and ESAs only
- Service area: Apache Junction
- De Colores
- 602-269-1515
- Singles and families, pet-friendly, Spanish language services
- Service area: South Phoenix
- A New Leaf – Faith House
- 623-939-6798
- Singles and families
- Service area: Glendale
- New Life Center
- 623-932-4404
- Singles and families, pet-friendly
- Service area: Goodyear
- Sojourner Center
- 602-244-0089
- Singles and families, pet-friendly, onsite childcare
- Service area: Central Phoenix
- Chrysalis
- 602-944-4999
- Singles and families, service animals only
- Service area: North Phoenix
- My Sister’s Place
- 480-821-1024
- Singles and families, service animals only
- Service area: Chandler
- A New Leaf – CAAFA
- 844-7NATIVE (762-8483)
- Service area: Statewide
24-Hour Domestic Violence Hotline
- 800-799-SAFE (7233)
- TTY: 800-787-3224
- Text “START” to 88788
- Statewide
Arizona Department of Economic Security
- Service area: Statewide
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona
- Service area: Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties
RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) 24/7
- 800-656-HOPE (4673)
- Online chat
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Suicide Prevention
These organizations offer support to people thinking about hurting themselves.
Arizona Suicide Prevention Coalition
- Empact:
- Teen Lifeline (Call or Text):
- Service area: Statewide
Legal Assistance
These organizations offer resources related to legal matters.
Arizona Attorney General’s Office
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, and Yuma Counties
- Service area: Apache, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz Counties
White Mountain Apache Legal Services
- Service area: Gila County
- Service area: Apache, Coconino, and Navajo Counties
Reduce Social Isolation
These resources may help individuals who are feeling lonely and need someone to talk to.
- Helpline 800-932-4616
- Warm Line: 602-347-1100
- Service area: Gila and Maricopa Counties
- American Indian Community Member Tribal Warm Line: 855-728-8630
- Warm line:
- 520-770-9909
- Service area: Pima County
- 844-733-9912
- Service area: Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yuma Counties
- 520-770-9909
Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) Social Connectedness Page
- Service area: Statewide
Transportation Assistance
These organizations can help you find ways to get to places you want to go.
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
New Horizons Disability Empowerment Center
- Service area: Mohave and Yavapai Counties
- Service area: Pima County
- Service area: Maricopa County
Employment
These organizations offer support to help you find and keep a job.
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Food Insecurity
These organizations provide access to food for people who do not have access to food.
- Service area: Statewide
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Commodity Senior Food Program (CSFP)
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa County
- Service area: Maricopa County
- Service area: Statewide
Homelessness/Housing Instability
These organizations help you find a safe place to live if you do not have one.
AHCCCS Housing and Health Opportunities (H2O) Program
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Housing Authority of Maricopa County
- Service area: Maricopa County
Central Arizona Shelter Services
- Service area: Maricopa County
- Service area: Maricopa County
Language Assistance
These organizations help with communication needs for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have limited English proficiency.
Arizona Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Service area: Statewide
Immigrant Relief Center of Arizona
- Service area: Statewide
Maricopa County Language Assistance
- Service area: Maricopa County
Heat-Related Illness
These resources are available to help people avoid heat-related illnesses.
Arizona Extreme Heat Preparedness
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Maricopa County
Pima County Heat Relief Network
- Service area: Pima County
- Service area: Maricopa County
Utility Assistance
These organizations can help you pay your utility bills.
- Service area: Statewide, where service is available
Home Energy Assistance Fund (HEAF)
- Service area: Statewide
Power AZ - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide, where service is available
- Service area: Statewide, where service is available
Low-Cost Internet Service and Access
These resources may help individuals access low-cost Internet service.
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide, where service is available
- Service area: Statewide, where service is available
- Service area: Statewide, where service is available
Criminal Justice Recidivism or Navigating the Justice System
These organizations offer resources to help people when involved in the justice system.
- Service area: Yavapai County
Pima County One Stop Reentry Program
- Service area: Pima County
- Service area: Statewide
Maricopa County Justice System
- Service area: Maricopa County
- Service area: Pima County
Life Care Planning
These resources can help you outline your personal wishes for future medical treatment if you become unable to speak for yourself.
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Advance End of Life Care Partnership
- Service area: Statewide
Seniors
These organizations offer resources to older adults.
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Veterans and Military Families
These organizations offer resources to military members and their families.
Arizona Coalition for Military Families
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
- Service area: Statewide
Arizona State Resources
Pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other nondiscrimination laws and authorities, ADES does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Persons that require a reasonable modification based on language or disability should submit a request as early as possible to ensure the State has an opportunity to address the modification. The process for requesting a reasonable modification can be found at Equal Opportunity and Reasonable Modification