California Youth Crisis Hotline
(800) 843-5200 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Confidential. Provides crisis support to youth and their families. Helps with youth feeling misunderstood or overwhelmed and needing to talk to someone about what’s happening in their life. Provides phone support and referrals for local resources. For youth ages 12 – 24 and their families. English, Spanish, other languages.
Crisis Hotline and Helpline Service
(877) 541-2525, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Assists callers with a wide variety of struggles and personal situations through a non-biased, non-judgmental, and anonymous environment. Addresses topics such as depression, anxiety, loss and grief, family and domestic violence, sexual orientation, substance abuse, physical or mental abuse, coping and struggling with mental health disorders, crisis, and suicide, open to various topics along with offering community resources. Open to all California residents.
Noah’s Anchorage Youth Crisis Shelter
301 West Figueroa Street, Santa Barbara
(866) 435-7833 (Hotline)
Offers a licensed residential eight-bed group home and shelter for runaway and at-risk youth. Services include residential and non-residential assistance. Provides therapeutic groups, activities, family reunification counseling, community referrals, and crisis counseling. Residential services can be offered to youth age 10-17. Shelter services and counseling available up to age 18.
Salvation Army
4849 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara
(805) 964-8738
Offers social services, and food and alcohol and drug assistance and casework services.
