A Comprehensive Directory of Services

Go to Frequently Requested Numbers

Thursday, January 27, 2005[BM1]

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Thank you to Past Editor, Jim DuBois, and Associate Editors, Chris Halucha, Ray Mendoza, Dan Litov, Danielle Cordry, Laurie Knight.

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Frequently Requested Numbers:

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome),

General Public should call:

619-515-6620
(San Diego Public Health Epidemiology)!

If Providers only call, no clients or general public, and after hours and weekends for urgent matters: 858-565-5255.

This number connects the caller with Station M,
where a dispatcher will relay the message to the on-call Public Health person)

AA 7/24 619-265-8762 http://www.aa.org/

AA North County 7/24 760-758-2514

Aging & Independent Services 800-510-2020

Adult Protective Services: 800-510-2020

Reporting Elder abuse: Press Option 1 800-510-2020

Outside SD county call: 800-339-4661
Web site: http://www2.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/programdetails.asp?ProgramID=2

Al Anon & Ala-Teen 619-296-2666 http://www.alanonsandiego.org

Al Anon & Ala-Teen

North County & east of Alpine 800-690-2667

Alcohol and Drug Services Info & Referrals: SD County

619-692-5727

8 am to 5 pm M-F

Bed Availability Hotline for Independent Living Houses & Board & Care Hotline

800-814-5002 [BM2]

New Location for State-wide 24-hour crisis intervention numbers:

California Local County Mental Health 24-HOUR CRISIS INTERVENTION NUMBERS

Child Abuse Hotline 800-344-6000 TDD Line: 858-292-5450

Childcare Resource Service (YMCA) 1-800-481-2151 Web Site: www.ymcacrs.org

CCHEA - Consumer Center for Health, Education & Advocacy 1-877-734-3258

Web site: http://www.healthconsumer.org/SanDiego.html

Center for Community Solutions Domestic Violence

24-hr help line: 888-272-1767

Children’s & Adults Mental Health Services Administration 619-563-2750

CIR - Children’s Information & Referral Line 888-843-5800 8 am to 6:30 PM

Web site: http://www.sdhfp.org/information_and_referral_line.htm

Community Assessment Team (CAT) 800-640-2933 24 hour hotline

24-HOUR CRISIS INTERVENTION NUMBERS Click on yellow

Crime Victims Hotline 619-688-9200 disconnected as of 02-26-2004

Crisis House Bed Availability for UBH BEDS ONLY web site: http://www.comresearch.org/_SDCReserved/?

Crisis House Bed Availability for all other START BEDS web site:

http://www.comresearch.org/html/start_beds.asp

Listed below are the pager #s of all the START directors. Please use them whenever you get an inadequate, confused, uncooperative, or stalling set of responses when trying to either get good information about bed availability or get the impression that they don’t want to admit the person because of short staffing, etc.

Be judicious using the #s but if it’s clinically appropriate, feel free to page them. Barry Levin is the senior director, so if all else fails, page him.

HALYCON Barry Levin 619-680-5609

ISIS Paul Knight 619-680-2949

JARY BARRETO Martha Noderer 619-785-7594

NEW VISTAS Heidi Dawn 619-680-7184

TURNING POINT Dan Maccia 760-414-6178

VISTA BALBOA Jeff Harlow 619-680-6945

Domestic Violence Hotline for San Diego County – 7/24

1–888-385-4657 NEW!!

Eldercare Referral Service 800-585-6556 Housing resources for B & Care, Alzheimer’s clients, independent living homes, SNF

ElderCare Directory online http://www.eldercare.uniontrib.com/index.cfm

EPU - San Diego County San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital Psychiatric Hospital
619-692-8222

ESU Emergency Screening Unit (Children & Adolescents.) 619-421-6900

Flu Vaccine Location Hotline (They call back) 1-877-FLU-0202

Friendship Line for the Elderly Nation wide 1-800-971-0016

Nation-wide toll free number offering phone support to depressed, isolated, abused, and/or suicidal older adults. Available 7/24, year around. Note: [B3] Between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. they only take crisis calls. They would like this info passed on to callers.

Info Line, Infoline 619-230-0997 Hours for all phones: M-F 8 AM to 6 PM

Sat & Sun Hours: 9 AM to Noon Holidays: 11 AM to 6 PM

Info Line North County coastal - 760-943-0997

Info Line North County Inland - 760-740-0997
Back Line for Info Line for ACL ONLY 858-300-1250 Do NOT give this out to caller. We can call if we have a desperate caller with children who is homeless.

Info Line from outlying areas ONLY 1-800-227-0997 [B4]

Web site: http://www.informsandiego.com

All kinds of information, including shelters, groups; very good web site!

San Diego County Mental Health Services web site:

Web site: http://www2.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/ServiceCategoryDetails.asp?ServiceAreaID=11

Media: ABC Channel 10, Troubleshooter 619-237-1010 http://kgtv.com

Media: CBS Channel 8 858-571-8888

Medi-Cal Verification Line: 800-456-2387 for providers only—will need PIN#

MITE 760-721-2781 North County

MITE 619-498-0908 Chula Vista (Use this number for referrals to all sites)

Marijuana Anonymous 619-685-2808

Web site: www.marijuana-anonymous.org/index.shtml

NA – Narcotics Anonymous 800-479-0062 or 619-584-1007

Web site: http://www.na.org/

Nar-Anon Groups of SD 858-492-8720

Nat’l Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233

Network of Care: Web site for Mental Health Services in San Diego

Web Site: http://sandiego.networkofcare.org/mh/home/index.cfm

Mass Transit 800-266-6883 (1-800-COMMUTE)

For Info on Bus schedule, transportation, trolleys and coaster

Web site: http://sdcommute.com/

County Transit 800-921-9664 For appts for ADA services (rides)

ADA Certification 877-232-7433. This program provides disabled individuals w the necessary certification to obtain Para Transit

Medi-Care Provider Lists 800-675-2266 then press 0

Methamphetamine Strike Force Hotline 8 to 4:30 877-662-6384

Medscape – Web Site information about medications, Click here: http://psychiatry.medscape.com/ (You will need a login Name & a password)

Student Helpline: 24 hour 800-499-1116

The student Helpline has been established in response to concerns about school violence, so that students and others can anonymously report threats to school safety. Police dispatchers answer calls to the Student Helpline as emergency calls.

Parenting Line (Parenting classes, etc.) 866-4families 9432-7454 or 619-297-9600

Pharmacy (EPU on Rosecrans) 619-692-5740

Pharmaceutical companies helping w free meds – http://www.helpingpatients.org

In 2002, PhRMA members provided free prescription medicines to more than 5/5 million patients in the US. This web site tells how to apply.

Poison Control 800-876-4766

Public Assistance Inquiry Unit (Medi-Cal) 866-262-9881 in SD county only

Eligibility for Medi-Cal, Food Stamps, AFDC, or Refugee Assistance questions.

Healthy Families info – press 1 Medi-Cal Application info – press 2

How to Apply for Medi-Cal, Maternal child Health info – press 3

Appropriate Office to apply for Medi-Cal – press 4

“It Pays to Work” info – press 5 Food Stamp info – press 6

General Relief Info – press 7 CalWorks (AFDC) – press 8

Psychologist Info Referral Line 24 hours 619-291-3451

Red Cross 800-951-5600 for Fire Assistance: 866-438-4636

Self Help Connection 619-543-0412 – all kinds of group therapies.

SD Family Justice Center 1-866-933-4673 (HOPE) or 619-533-6000
707 Broadway, Suite 700 (Between 7th & 8th St.) No Appointment necessary!

8 AM to 5 PM Mon – Fri. Web site: http://www.familyjusticecenter.org/main.htm

Sober Living Information Line 858-483-5866

Social Security M-F 7 AM to 7 PM 800-772-1213

Survivors of Torture 619-278-2400

Thera-Search 619-466-5191 north county:760-294-4550

UBH Provider Line provider services 1-800-798-2254, menu selection #4

Utility Bill & Energy Assistance HelpLine 1-866-565-5323

Volunteers of America – detox 619-232-9343
Crime Victim Compensation Legal Clinic, no charge, no bureaucracy 858 549-4202

Youth to Youth Hotline 1-866-222-1886 2 PM to 10 PM daily

Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program 760-635-5904

Web site: http://www.yellowribbonsd.org/

Warm Line 800-930-9276 5 pm to 11 PM 7 days a wk
The WARM Line is staffed by volunteers for consumers who are lonely, depressed, anxious, panic stricken, and who just need to talk.

WINGS 858-492-2423

Is a program of the SD county’s probation dept which deals with teen girls on probation in order to reduce the female crime incidences. Channel 24 has a promotional video that flashes our number at the end. Give them the above phone #.

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Index:

Abortion Survivors Anonymous 619-445-1247

The Access Center of San Diego 619-293-3500

The Access Center (north county) 760-435-9205

ACT Program Assertive Community Treatment Part of TeleCare – Click and read info first

Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment centers

Adolescent Resources – Various resources

Adolescent Sex Offenders Treatment 619-497-1811

Adolescent Shelters – Various resources

Addresses for UBH

Administration: Adult Mental Health Services Administration 619-563-2700