Referrals
Below are many useful referrals and resources. The resources are listed by category. However, a good place to start your search might be the Community Information and Referral and Benefits Checkup links below. Faith in Action maintains a national website so you can find volunteer services in any state.
Benefits CheckUp will help you find programs for people 55 and older. These programs may pay for some of the cost of:
- Prescription drugs
- Health care
- Utilities
- Other essential items or services
Use the link below to find benefits you or a family member may be eligible to receive.
Referral Categories
- Adult Day Health Care
- Counseling
- Elder Abuse
- Emergency
- Energy
- Equipment/Medical Supplies
- Food Commodities/Box
- Hearing Impairment
- Home repair/weatherization
- Housing
- Information and Referral Services
- Legal Services
- Life Safety Buttons
- Live-in/Homemaker/Home Health Services
- Meals Delivered to Home
- Senior Centers
- Support Groups
- Telephone Reassurance
- Transportation
- Vision Impairment
- Volunteer Programs
Adult Day Health Care
- Foundation for Senior Living (FSL) · 602-285-1800
- Senior Help Line (24 Hour) · 602-264-4357
Counseling
- ElderVention/Senior Helpline · 602-264-4357
- Empact – SPC Empact – SPC · 480-784-1514
- Jewish Family Services · 602-279-7655
- Mental Health Association · 480-994-4407
- Native American Senior Center · 602-253-9073
- Magellan Health Svcs of AZ &Crisis Line · 800-564-5465
- Phoenix Interfaith Counseling · 602-532-0777
Elder Abuse
- Adult Protective Services Hotline · 1-877-767-2385
- AZ Attorney General’s Office · 602-542-5025
Emergency
- Medical/Fire/Police · 911
- Suicide Hot Line · 480-784-1500
Energy
- APS Energy Support · 602-542-6600
- Community Action Program (CAP) · 602-262-4520
- D.E.S. Utility Assistance Program · 602-542-6600
- Phoenix Advocacy and Counseling Elderly · 602-262-6631
- Salvation Army Emergency Assistance · 602-267-4127
- S.H.A.R.E. · 602-267-4122
- SRP · 602-236-8888
- Southwest Gas · 800-873-2440
Equipment/Medical Supplies
- Solecito (Peoria/Goodyear) · 623-876-5331
- St. Vincent de Paul-Friends of St. Anne · 602-261-6896
Food Commodities/Box
- Community Information &Referral · 602-263-8856
- St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance · 602-352-3640
- St. Mary’s Westside Food Bank Alliance · 602-242-3663 (They deliver food boxes to homebound elders and have numerous locations.)
Hearing Impairment
- Valley Center of the Deaf · 602-267-1921
Home Repair/Weatherization
- Community Services of Arizona · 480-899-8717
- Duet · 602-274-5022
- Foundation for Senior Living · 602-285-1800
- Home Repair Program (Phoenix) · 602-495-0700
Housing
- Foundation for Sr. Living (adult foster homes) · 602-285-1800
- Housing & Urban Dev. (HUD) · 602-379-7100
- Housing Directories-Senior Help Line · 602-264-4357
- Phoenix Advocacy and Counseling Elderly · 602-262-6631
Information and Referral Services
- Arizona Bridge to Independent Living · 1-800-280-2245
- Chicanos Por La Causa · 602-257-0700
- Community Information &Referral · 602-263-8856
- Native Health · 602-279-5262
- Senior Help Line (24 Hour) · 602-264-4357
- Benefits CheckUp
Legal Services
- AZ Senior Citizen Law Project · 602-252-6710
- Community Legal Service · 602-258-3434
- Lawyer Referral Service · 602-257-4434
Life Safety Buttons
- Community Information & Referral Valley Lifeline · 602-263-8856
- PACE · 602-262-6631
Live-In/Homemaker/Home Health Services
- Area Agency on Aging Respite · 602-264-4357
- Assistance for Independent Living · 480-966-9704
- AZ Long Term Care System · 602-417-6000
- Foundation for Senior Living · 602-285-1800
- Friendly House · 602-257-1870
- Private Pay · 602-257-1928
- Referrals for Seniors · 480-835-7679
- SAIL (Senior Adult for Independent Living · 602-264-4357
- Seniors Helping Seniors · 480-584-3639
- (See “Home Health” or “Housekeeping” in Yellow Pages)
Meals Delivered to Home
- Senior Help Line · 602-264-4357 (for government funded or private pay options)
Senior Centers
- Community Information & Referral · 602-263-8856
- Senior Help Line · 602-264-4357
Support Groups
- AIDS Project AZ (APAZ) · 602-253-2437
- Al-Anon · 602-249-1257
- Alcoholics Anonymous · 602-264-1341
- Alzheimer’s Helpline · 602-528-0550
- American Cancer Society · 602-224-0524
- American Diabetes Association · 602-861-4731
- American Heart Association (Heart/Stroke) · 602-414-5353
- Arthritis Foundation · 602-264-7679
- Caregivers (Duet) · 602-274-5022
- Center for the Blind · 602-273-7411
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (Duet) · 602-274-5022
- Grief & Loss A.A.R.P · 1-866-389-5649
- Mohammed Ali Parkinson’s Research Ctr · 602-406-4931
Telephone Reassurance
- PhoneLine (through John C. Lincoln Hospital) · 602-331-5777
- Reassurance Service · 602-258-3532
Transportation (See also Volunteer Programs below)
- Cab Connection (Scottsdale) · 480-312-8747
- Duet: Partners in Health & Aging · 602-274-5022
- East Valley Dial-A-Ride (Valley Metro) · 480-633-0101
- East Valley Ride Choice · 480-962-7433
- Glendale Dial-a-Ride · 623-930-3500
- Maricopa County Special Transportation · 602-372-4280
- Mesa Enabling Transportation · 480-962-5612
- Peoria Dial-a-Ride · 623-773-7435
- Phoenix Dial-a-Ride · 602-253-4000
- Phoenix Reserve-a-Ride · 602-262-4501
- Valley Metro (bus) · 602-253-5000
- Valley Metro A.D.A. Eligibility Office · 602-495-5777
Vision Impairment
- Arizona Center for the Blind · 602-273-7411
- Rehabilitation & Blind Service · 602-266-9286
- Talking Books · 602-255-5578
Volunteer Programs
- East Valley Adult Services (Mesa, Tempe) · 480-962-5612
- About Care (Chandler, Gilbert) · 480-802-2331
- Duet: Partners in Health & Aging · 602-274-5022 (A program of Duet Partners in Health & Aging serving Phoenix, Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, Glendale, Peoria, and Litchfield Park
- Foothills Caring Corps · 480-488-1105 (North Scottsdale, Carefree, Cave Creek, Phoenix N. of Jomax Rd. & E of I-17)
- Benevilla (formerly Interfaith Community Care) Covering Sun Cities, Surprise area · 623-584-4999
- Neighbors Who Care (Sun Lakes, Chandler) · 480-895-7133
- Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors · 480-629-4821
- Senior Companions (Phoenix) · 602-256-3353