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. The National Volunteer Caregiving Network (Formerly 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

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 · 480-784-1514
Jewish Family Services · 602-279-7655
Magellan Health Svcs & Crisis Line · 800-564-5465
MIKID (formerly Mental Health Association) · 480-994-4407
Native American Senior Center · 602-253-9073
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

Suicide Hot Line · 480-784-1500

Energy

Community Action Program (CAP) · 602-262-4520
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
Southwest Lending Closet · 623-932-1016

Food Commodities/Box

Community Information & Referral · 602-263-8856
St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance · 602-352-3640

Hearing Impairment

Valley Center of the Deaf · 602-267-1921

Home Repair/Modification/Weatherization

Ability360 · 602-296-0537
Community Services of Arizona · 480-899-8717
Duet Volunteer Services · 602-274-5022
Foundation for Senior Living · 602-285-1800
Home Repair Program (Phoenix) · 602-495-0700
Home Remodeling for Disability and Special Needs · 1-877-769-7769

Housing

Foundation for Sr. Living · 602-285-1800
Housing & Urban Dev. (HUD) · 602-379-7100
Housing Directories-Senior Help Line · 602-264-4357
PACE · 602-262-6631

Information and Referral Services

Duet · 602-274-5022
Community Info & Referral · 602-263-8856
Area Agency on Aging’s Sr. Helpline · 602-264-4357
For Benefits go to · www.benefitscheckup.org
Caregiver Resource Line · 1-888-737-7494

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 Info./Referral Lifeline · 602-263-8845
City of Phoenix PACE Program · 602-262-6631

Live-In/Homemaker/Home Health Services

Area Agency on Aging’s Sr. Helpline (Respite as well as SAIL – Sr. Adult for Independent Living) · 602-264-4357
AZ Long-Term Care System · 602-417-6000
Assistance for Independent Living · 480-966-9704
Foundation for Senior Living · 602-285-1800

Meals Delivered to Home

Area Agency on Aging’s Sr. Helpling · 602-264-4357

Senior Centers

Area Agency on Aging’s Sr. Helpline · 602-264-4357

Support Groups

AIDS (Southwest Center for Aids) · 602-307-5330
Alcoholics Anonymous · 602-264-1341
Alzheimer’s Association Helpline · 602-528-0550
American Cancer Society · 602-224-0524
American Diabetes Association · 602-861-4731
American Heart Association · 602-414-5353
Arthritis Foundation · 602-264-7679
Center for the Blind · 602-273-7411
Duet (for caregivers & grandparents raising grandchildren) · 602-274-5022
Grief & Loss AARP · 1-866-389-5649
Mohammed Ali Parkinson’s Center · 602-406-4931

Telephone Reassurance

PhoneLinc (through John C. Lincoln Hosp) · 602-331-5777

Transportation (See also Volunteer Programs below)

Avondale Taxi Program (repeat trips for dialysis and therapies) · 480-461-0068
Cab Connection (Scottsdale) · 480-312-8747
Duet (see Volunteer Programs) · 602-274-5022
East Valley Dial-a-Ride (Mesa & Gilbert require ADA certification: Chandler, Scottsdale, Tempe serve people 65+ and ADA with ADA certification) · 480-633-0101
East Valley Ride Choice (Includes cab coupons & dialysis vouchers (Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe) and mileage reimbursement (Mesa) · 480-962-7433
El Mirage Dial-a-Ride · 623-876-4223
Glendale Dial-a-Ride · 623-930-3500
Glendale Taxi Subsidy Program (repeat trips for dialysis and therapies) · 480-461-0068
Peoria Dial-a-Ride · 623-773-7435
Phoenix Dial-a-Ride (ADA certification required) · 602-253-4000
Phx Reserve-a-Ride (to senior centers only) · 602-262-4501
Senior Cab (Phoenix) · 602-801-1163
Surprise Dial-a-Ride · 623-222-1622
Tolleson Dial-a-Ride · 623-474-4996
Valley Metro (bus) · 602-253-5000
Valley Metro ADA Eligibility Office · 602-716-2100

Note: Comtrans, 602-231-0102, provides transportation to people with mental illness through their Magellan or SW Behavioral health case mgr.

Vision Impairment

Arizona Center for the Blind · 602-273-7411
Foundation for Blind Children · 602-331-1470
Rehabilitation & Blind Service · 602-266-9286
Talking Books · 602-255-5578

Volunteer Programs: These nonprofit organizations serve homebound adults with transportation, shopping, and various in-home services:

View a map that shows volunteer programs by geographic service area

About Care (Chandler, Gilbert) · 480-802-2331
Benevilla (Sun Cities area) · 623-584-4999
Duet (Serving Phoenix, Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, Glendale, Peoria, and Litchfield Park) · 602-274-5022
East Valley Adult Resources (Tempe, Mesa) · 480-966-9704
Foothills Caring Corps (Carefree, Cave Creek, Phoenix N. of Jomax Rd. & E. of I-17) · 480-488-1105
Neighbors Who Care (Sun Lakes) · 480-895-7133
Senior Companions · 623-776-0203
Y OPAS (Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors) · 602-212-6088