San Bernardino County

Food Assistance

Find Help - Hesperia: Explore this List of organizations and food distribution schedules across the High Desert.

Inland Empire Health Plan: Mental Health and Wellness

Find general information about mental health and resources available in San Bernardino. The Inland Empire Health Plan is one of the largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country.

InlandEmpireHealthPlan.org

San Bernardino County Behavioral Health

Find locations for walk-in clinics, urgent care, outpatient clinics, and more.

San Bernardino County Behavioral Health - Locations

Community-based mobile crisis response teams for children and adults experiencing a psychiatric emergency are available in English and Spanish 24/7: or text (909) 420-0560.

Call (800) 398-0018

Text (909) 420-0560

Behavioral Health Helpline: 888-743-1478

Substance Use Disorder Helpline: 800-968-2636

Valley Star Mental Health Crisis Center

Located at:12240 Hesperia Rd suite A, Victorville, CA 92395

Services include:

Crisis stabilization and intervention
Individual counseling
Medication management
Family counseling
Education

Victorville Crisis Walk-In Center

San Bernardino County Transitional Assistance Department

Transitional Assistance Department (TAD) enhances the quality of life in the community by administering support programs to persons in need of financial, nutritional, and/or medical assistance while working with families and individuals to attain self-sufficiency. Find the programs offered, including Cal Fresh, in their drop-down menu.

Transitional Assistance Programs

Family Assistance Program

Family Assistance Program provides free shelter and advocacy services to victims of domestic violence and homelessness. Their programs include two runaway/homeless youth shelters, a homeless youth street outreach team, youth drop-in centers, Next Steps re-entry program, drop-in community centers, and other programs and services to support the needs of the communities in Victor Valley, San Bernardino, Morongo Basin, and Fontana.

FamilyAssist.org

Domestic Violence Hotline: 760-949-4357

Homeless/Runaway Youth Hotline: 909-335-2676

Anti-Human Trafficking Hotline: 909-333-7476

Desert Mountain Children’s Center

Offers comprehensive mental and behavioral health services to children, youth, families, schools, and communities.

Desert Mountain Children's Center Website

First 5 San Bernardino

Promotes, supports and enhances the health and early development of children prenatal through age five and their families and communities.

First 5 San Bernardino

Head Start Preschool Services Department (PSD)

PSD offers a variety of programs that serve families from prenatal care and with children 0 to 5 years of age. Children who attend Head Start receive comprehensive development services. Services are free and available to qualifying families from low-income backgrounds and include enrollment options for children in foster care, children with special needs, and those who are homeless. Along with school readiness, children in our program benefit from health, nutritional, dental and other services to support child wellness.

Contact Preschool Services Department

Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH)

The San Bernardino County Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Program’s mission is to improve health outcomes of the county’s reproductive age women, infants, children, adolescents and their families.

Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Website

San Bernardino County Public Health, Teen Health

Confidential and affordable health care services that include birth control, STD testing & treatment, pregnancy testing, mental health services.

Visit San Bernardino County Public Health Website

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At Altus Schools, we have developed a comprehensive mental health program that consists of several elements designed to support students directly and build staff capacity to create safe and supportive learning environments that are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and that connect students and families to appropriate resources. Highlights of our mental health program include (1) teachers who are specially trained in suicide screening, trauma-informed practices, human trafficking prevention, and socio-emotional learning; (2) strategic partnerships with community organizations to provide mental health services; (3) a team of school nurses; (4) a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist; (5) a Healthy Youth Department that coordinates student webinars and professional learning to support students’ mental health and wellness; (6) student webinars with socio-emotional learning through our Resilience in Students and Education (RISE) series; (7) suicide prevention, intervention and postvention protocols; (8) tools for connecting students and families to information resources; (9) parent/guardian webinars through our Family Learning Series on student mental health, wellness, and community resources; and (10) administration of special programs and coordination of services for identified student groups.