While this guide is focused on the United States, California, and the San Francisco Bay Area, resources in other locations are welcome to be listed. Please send resources and corrections to info@dooleym.com.
Emergency
IMPORTANT: In the case of a mental health crisis, be sure to request your local Crisis Intervention Team when calling 911.
Call 988 or visit 988lifeline.org for suicide prevention and crisis support.
Guidance and Referrals
Call 211 or visit 211.org for social service referrals including food, housing, healthcare, and more.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Bar Association Referral Service, (415) 989-1616
Mental Health Services
San Francisco
Community Behavioral Health Services, (415) 255-3737
Homelessness
Los Angeles
Find Homeless People – Help finding people who are homeless
San Francisco
Homeless Outreach Team, 311 – Help finding people who are homeless
Miracles Messages – Help finding people who are homeless
Project Homeless Connect, (415) 503-2123 – Help for people experiencing homelessness
Santa Clara County (San José, etc.)
Home First – Help for people experiencing homelessness, for finding people who are homeless, and homelessness prevention services
Missing Persons
If you are local to your missing person, go to your local precinct to open a missing persons case. If you are out of the area, missing persons cases many be opened over the (non-emergency) phone of the police in the area where your loved one was last seen.