Mental & Physical Health Resources

If you have a serious and immediate safety concern regarding a student (yourself or a friend), please call 9-8-8, 9-1-1, or PAPD at 650-329-2413. If your concern needs immediate mental health attention, support is also available by contacting one of the hotlines listed below.

National Suicide & Crisis Hotline

• 9-8-8

Crisis Text Line

• Free 24/7 support for people in crisis
• Text "HOME" to 741741

Pacific Clinics Mobile Crisis Response

• Mobile crisis support for minors: 5150 assessment, support, and safety planning

• 408-379-9085

Family Resource Centers (San Mateo County)

• Provides counseling, support and education services for youth and adults, home visiting, parent involvement in leadership, financial assistance and case management at specific school locations with Spanish speaking staff.
• 650-802-7684

Parents Helping Parents

• Help children and adults with special needs receive the support and services they need to reach their full potential by providing information, training, and resources to build strong families and improve systems of care.
• 408-727-5775
• www.php.com

Parent Project - Palo Alto Police Department - Palo Alto USD

• 12- week parenting skills workshop for parents and teens, parenting classes, leadership skills, referrals.
• parentproject@cityofpaloalto.org
• 650-833-4208

Safely Surrender Law

• Safe place to surrender a baby
• 977-272-3327

Shine

• Provides support to young mothers
• https://shinetogether.org/

Kara

• Grief counseling, support groups, summer youth camp.
• 650-321-5272
• www.kara-grief.org

Hospice of the Valley Center for Grief & Loss

• Individual grief support; support groups; educational sessions; memorial service events; Getting through the Holidays workshop; Biannual Children's Night Out.
• 408-559-5600
• www.hospicevalley.org

Bill Wilson Center - Center for Living with Dying

• Grief counseling, support groups, community crisis support, parent support.
• 408-243-0222
• www.billwilsoncenter.org

Eating Disorder Resource Center

• Free local support groups
• 408-356-1212
• www.edrcsv.org

Go Ask Alice

• Health Q&A through Columbia University
• goaskalice.columbia.edu

Shelter Bed Hotline

• Hotline with information about emergency shelters in the Bay Area.
• 800-SHELTER

Bill Wilson Center

• Services for homeless & runaway youth
• 408-850-6125
• www.billwilsoncenter.org

National Runaway Safeline

• Anonymous and confidential runaway support services for young people
• 800-RUNAWAY
• www.1800runaway.org

The Food Connection

• Referrals to people needing food assistance in Santa Clara County.
• 800-984-3663

The Opportunity Center

• Establish affordable homes and enable the provision of beneficial services for very low-income or homeless individuals and families.
• (650) 853-8672

Your House South

• Temporary housing and counseling center for youth experiencing family problems or who have run away from home.
• 650-367-9687

Love146

• Information about human trafficking
• love146.org

National Human Trafficking Hotline

• 24/7 hotline
• 888-373-7888
• Text "HELP" to 233733 (BeFree)
• humantraffickinghotline.org

YWCA of Silicon Valley

• Human trafficking, sexual assault & dating violence support
• 408-287-3000

The Trevor Project

• Crisis and suicide prevention hotline among LGBTQ youth.
• 1-866-488-7386
• www.thetrevorproject.org

Trans Lifeline

• Hotline for transgender people.
• 877-565-8860
• www.translifeline.org

Outlet-Adolescent Counseling Services

• LGBTQQ + Support Services
• 650-424-0853 ext. 107
• www.acs-teens.org

PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)

• Monthly support groups open to parents, spouses, siblings, and friends of lesbians and gays.
• 408-270-8182
• www.pglagsanjose.org

SOMOS Familia

• Support for Latino families with children who are LGBTQ+. Conduct education to create family and community acceptance.
• 510-725-7764
• www.somosfamiliabay.org

The LGBTQQ Youth Space

• LGBTQ support & community drop in
• 408-343-7940
• youthspace.org

Transfamily Support Group of Santa Clara County

• Parent group providing support, and community connection.
• https://transfamiliesca.org/

Adolescent Counseling Services

• LGBTQQ + Support Services
• 650-424-0852
• www.acs-teens.org

allcove

• Integrated youth mental health services, including mental health support, physical health, substance use support, peer and family support, and education and employment services, ages 12-25
• www.allcove.org
• (650) 798-6330

Bill Wilson Center

• Serves youth and families focusing on housing, education, counseling and advocacy.
• 408-243-0222
• www.billwilsoncenter.org

Caminar (San Mateo County)

• A community-based psychosocial rehabilitation service for persons with serious and persistent psychiatric disabilities.
• 650-578-8691

Children's Health Council "CHC"

• Affordable teen therapy services that include individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy and psychiatry services.
• 650-688-3625
• www.chconline.org

Community Health Awareness Center (CHAC)

• Individual, group, and family counseling, psychological assessments.
• 650-965-2020
• www.chacmv.org

Family Children Services Silicon Valley

• Individual, couples and family counseling. Substance abuse treatment. Domestic violence support services. Sliding scale fee scales and accepts most insurances.
• 650-326-6576
• www.fcservices.org

JFK Sunnyvale Community Counseling Services

• Individual, group, family counseling and psychological assessments on a sliding scale.
• 408-524-4900

Mental Health Association of San Mateo County

• Provides direct services for adults with mental illnesses that include housing, food, social programs, advocacy and networking.
• 650-368-3345

tbh

• For students ages 13+, a free virtual coaching and counseling service through PAUSD, available on weekends, evenings, and school breaks.
• Students access via PAUSD Classlink.
• Families access visit: www.tbh.us/at/pausd
• PAUSD Family Resource Hub

CDC Sexual Health

• Sexual Health Hotline available 24 hours/ 7 days a week
• 800-CDC-INFO
• www.cdc.gov/sti

Planned Parenthood

• Sexual health information, resources and services for teens
• 1-800-330-8542
• Text "PPNOW" to 774636
• plannedparenthood.org

Public Health Department Adolescent Family Life Program

• Comprehensive case management services to pregnant and parenting teens and their children.
• 408-937-2277

Real Options Pregnancy Medical Centers

• Provides pregnancy testing, STD testing, option consultations, counseling support parental care, reproductive health info, resources, etc.
• 650-559-1550

Teen Source

• Sexual Health Information
• www.teensource.org

Domestic Violence Crisis Line

• 24/7 crisis hotline
• 800-572-2782

AACI Asian Women's Home

• Emergency shelter for women and children, case management, crisis intervention services, help with restraining orders, family law, and immigration issues.
• 408-975-2739
• dv.aaci.org

Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse

• Provides crisis intervention, counseling and civil legal services for victims of domestic violence.
• 800-300-1080

Domestic Violence Intervention Collaborative

• Individual therapy, groups, and classes.
• 408-294-0006
• www.dvintervention.org

I Wanna Know

• Sexual health information for teens and young adults.
• www.iwannaknow.org

Know Your IX

• A survivor and youth-led project of Advocates for Youth with resources, guides and support for student to end sexual and dating violence in their schools.
• https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/campaigns/know-your-ix/

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center

• Information and resource hub for all issues related to sexual violence and its prevention including publications and a searchable library.
• www.nsvrc.org

Planned Parenthood

• Sexual health information, resources and services for teens
• 1-800-330-8542
• Text "PPNOW" to 774636
• plannedparenthood.org

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

• Hotline routes callers to local affiliated organizations. Online chat with counselors. A National database to help find local sexual assault services, resources and guides for "Talking to your kids about sexual assault", how to reduce risk of assault, the procedures to report these crimes and the process for healing and recovery.
• 800-656-4673
• Online chat: hotline.rainn.org/online

Rape Trauma Services

• 24/7 Rape crisis intervention hotline, advocacy and accompaniment; individual, group family counseling.
• Crisis Line: 650-692-7273
• General: 650-652-0598
• www.rapetraumaservices.org

U.S. Department of Justice

• Information for Parents & Guardians talking with children about sexual abuse and violence
• www.nsopw.gov

YWCA Silicon Valley

• Rape crisis intervention, advocacy and accompaniment, individual, group, family counseling, sexual assault, domestic violence, and human trafficking support, emergency shelter and legal help.
• Crisis: 1-800-572-2782
• San Jose: 408-295-4011
• Sunnyvale: 408-749-0793
• www.ywca-sv.org

AACI Substance Abuse Program

• Individual, group, and family therapy for drug & alcohol, anger management, domestic violence, parenting classes.
• 1-800-488-9914
• www.aaci.org

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program- ACS

• Assessment & Outpatient treatment services.
• 650-424-0852
• www.acs-teens.org

Community Health Awareness Council

• Outpatient substance- abuse treatment and prevention program.
• 650-965-2020
• www.chacmv.org

One East Palo Alto (OEPA)

• A youth-focused, community-based, behavioral health programs, and substance abuse prevention programs.
• 650-391-9617

Project 90 - San Mateo County

• A residential treatment program for men and women who abuse drugs or alcohol.
• 650-579-7881
• www.projectninety.org

The Freedom Center - El Centro de Libertad

• Individual, group, and family therapy for drug & alcohol, anger management, domestic violence, parenting classes.
• 650-599-9955
• www.elcentrodelibertad.org