Crisis Services for Indigenous People

Crisis intervention services respond to those experiencing distress or anxiety that results from mental health and substance use disorder. One of the main goals of crisis intervention services is to prevent people, including those from indigenous communities, from needing more restrictive care, such as psychiatric hospitalization or emergency detention. These services are important and available for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. 

The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) worked with a Contractor to examine the extent of crisis services available to AI/AN people throughout the Indian Health Service regions in the United States to better understand the strengths and needs of services accessible for AI/AN people.

Many of the services you will find in this interactive map just scratch the surface of what each organization may be able to provide so feel free to look around on each of the organization’s or Tribes websites an hopefully you can find what you are looking for. Please also note that this webpage is NOT a crisis services page itself so if you or someone you know is having a medical emergency please call 911 for assistance and if someone is having a mental health or substance use emergency, please dial 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or text “Native” to 741741 for free 24/7 support from the Crisis Text Line.

To find Crisis Services:  Select an IHS region and then select the state in which you are seeking to find help.

To reset the map, click the home icon in the bottom right corner. 

Or view the full directory here: COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF CRISIS SERVICES

*After clicking on the map and even on locations from the directory, please be patient as it does take a few seconds to load the next page even though you may not see anything happening. If nothing changes on your screen after a full 5 seconds feel free to click again.

THRIVE

This crisis services interactive map was developed by the NPAIHB’s THRIVE suicide prevention project with knowledge, funding, and guidance from the Indian Health Service’s Division of Behavioral Health.

Get In Touch With Us

If you or someone you know is having a medical emergency please call 911 for assistance and if someone is having a mental health or substance use emergency, please dial 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If you’re interested in being listed on the Crisis Intervention Service map, or you would like to update information, fill out the contact form below. Please, also use this form to report any issues with listings, such as broken links or numbers that have been disconnected. This mailbox is just for requests and is not staffed. No response will be generated after submission. 

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