RESOURCES
Resources For Your Loved Ones
Community Bridges is dedicated to providing outreach and education to Arizona communities. Our services reach the public through our education efforts and our clinical services provide quality treatment for substance use disorders for men and women.
Prevention is the key to combating substance abuse. Addiction is a disease that carries tremendous consequences for individuals, families, the workplace, and the community as a whole. The truth is that addiction is a chronic, relapsing, and treatable disease.
Local Resources
Community Information & Referral
Community Information & Referral is the key source of integrated information that brings people and services together to meet vital needs in Arizona. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
www.211arizona.org
Valley of the Sun United Way
Valley of the Sun United Way is a local nonprofit organization that brings our community together and focuses resources on the most critical human care needs in the Valley.
Phone| 602.631.4800
Website | www.vsuw.org
Crisis Response Network, Inc
Crisis Response Network, Inc. is a network of crisis providers that offer a comprehensive array of community based crisis services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Website | crisisnetwork.org
Maricopa County | 602.222.9444 or 800.631.1314
Pima County | 520.622.6000 or 800.796.6762
Additional Government Resources
U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses. The web site includes links to the three centers, plus research publications online, including the annual National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.
Website | www.samhsa.gov
SAMHSA Locations:
The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
This website includes information on HIV/AIDS, homelessness, and other CMHS programs related to persons with co-occurring disorders.
Website | www.samhsa.gov/about/cmhs.aspx
CMHS Clearinghouse
Phone | 1.800.789.2647
Fax | 301.984.8796
Website | www.mentalhealth.org
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
This website includes information on CSAP’s Prevention Decision Support System, regional Centers for the Advancement of Prevention Technologies, Model Prevention Programs, and more.
Website | www.samhsa.gov/csap
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
This website includes information on the Addiction Technology Transfer Centers, Recovery Month observances, the National Treatment Plan and more. SAMHSA’s Clearinghouse for Substance Abuse: National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information.
Website | www.samhsa.gov/csat
SAMHSA’s Public Education Campaigns
Pride | for GLBT populations | www.store.samhsa.gov
Reality Check | information on marijuana for adults concerned about youth | www.store.samhsa.gov
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
Website | www.niaaa.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NIDA’s mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. This charge has two critical components: The first is the strategic support and conduct of research across a broad range of disciplines. The second is to ensure the rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to significantly improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.
Website | www.drugabuse.gov
Office of National Drug Control Policy
The principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation’s drug control program, the goals of which are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking; drug-related crime and violence; and drug-related health consequences.
Website | www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
TheAntiDrug.com was created This ONDCP campaign is a multi-dimensional effort designed to educate youth to reject illegal drugs. Education and support is provided to parents and other adults to help youth resist illicit drug use. This is an extensive website with various multi-media resources by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to equip parents and other adult caregivers with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids.
Working with the nation’s leading experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention, www.TheAntiDrug.com serves as a drug prevention information center, and a supportive community for parents to interact and learn from each other. The site provides parents and other adults caregivers access to:
- Helpful articles and advice from experts in the fields of parenting and substance abuse prevention
- Science-based drug prevention information, news and studies
- Support from other parents striving to keep their children drug-free
- Perspectives of teens themselves
Website | www.drugfree.org/resources/
Non-government Resources
The Alliance Project
The Alliance Project is developing a consumer based advocacy network with a broad cross-section of organizations that share common concerns about the devastating disease of alcohol and drug addiction and the dramatic lack of proper public response to this growing health crisis.
Phone | 651.645.1618
Website | www.defeataddiction.org
Nar-Anon Family Groups
The Nar-Anon Family Groups are a worldwide fellowship for those affected by someone else’s addiction. As a Twelve-Step Program, Nar-Anon offers help by sharing experience, strength, and hope. The only requirement for membership is that there be a problem of addiction in a relative or friend.
Website | www.nar-anon.org
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Groups
The primary goal of Al-Anon/ Alateen is to help families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Similarly, Alateen, is a recovery program for young people. Alateen groups are sponsored by Al-Anon members.
Website | www.al-anon.alateen.org
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse At Columbia University
CASA informs Americans of the economic and social costs of substance abuse and its impact on their lives. They assess what works in prevention, treatment, and law enforcement; encourage individuals and institutions to take responsibility to combat substance abuse and addiction; provide advocates with tools succeed.
Phone| 212.841.5200
Website | www.casacolumbia.org
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
CADCA, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, is a membership organization of more than 5,000 community coalitions nationwide that are addressing the problems of drugs and violence. CADCA’s mission is to create and strengthen the capacity of new and existing coalitions to build safe, healthy and drug-free communities through technical assistance and training, public policy, media strategies, marketing programs, conferences and special events.
Phone | 800.54.CADCA
Website | www.cadca.org
Drug Strategies
Drug Strategies is a research institute that promotes more effective treatment strategies and promotes efforts to reduce demand for drugs through prevention, education, treatment, law enforcement and community initiatives.
Phone | 202.289.9070
Website | www.drugstrategies.org
Join Together
Join Together, a collaboration of the Boston University School of Public Health and The Partnership at Drugfree.org, delivers substance abuse and addiction news that impacts your work, life and community.
Phone | 212.922.1560
Website | www.drugfree.org/join-together
Legal Action Center
The Legal Action Center is the only non-profit law firm and policy organization in the United States that fights to protect the legal rights of and improve public policies and services for people with histories of alcoholism or addiction, people with HIV and AIDS, and people with arrest or conviction records.
Phone | 202.544.5478
Website | www.lac.org
Mesothelioma Community Resource Network
Community Bridge, Inc. is proud to be part of the Mesothelioma Community Resource Network, as part of the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance, a coalition of addiction and pain resources, mesothelioma treatment providers and caregiver resources.
NAADAC- The Association for Addiction Professionals
NAADAC’s mission is to lead, unify, and empower addiction-focused professionals to achieve excellence through education, advocacy, knowledge, standards of practice, ethics, professional development, and research.
Phone | 800-548-0497
Website | www.naadac.org
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA) is a private, non-profit membership organization dedicated to addressing the alcohol, tobacco, and other drug issues of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) populations on the continental U.S., Hawaii, the six Pacific Island jurisdictions, and elsewhere.
Phone | 213.625.5795
Website | www.napafasa.org
National Association for Children of Alcoholics
NACOA’s mission is to advocate for all children and families affected by alcoholism and other drug dependencies. NACoA works to raise public awareness; provide leadership in public policy at the national, state, and local levels; advocate for appropriate, effective, and accessible education and prevention services; and facilitate and advance professional knowledge and understanding.
Phone | 888.554.2627
Website | www.nacoa.net
National Association of State Alcohol/ Drug Abuse Directors
NASADAD is the association for state alcohol and drug abuse directors. NASADAD fosters and supports the development of effective alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and treatment programs throughout every State.
Phone | 202.293.0090
Website | www.nasadad.org
Health Plans
American Indian Health Program
Maricopa County | 602.417.7100
All other counties | 1.800.334.5283
Arizona Complete Health
Phone | 1.888.788.4408
Care1st Health Plan
Phone | 1.866.560.4042
Magellan Complete Care
Phone | 1.800.424.5891
Mercy Care
Phone | 1.800.624.3879
Steward Health Choice Arizona
Phone | 1.800.322.8670
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
Phone | 1.800.348.4058
Banner-University Family Care
Phone | 1.800.582.8686