Free help near you
Shelter, food, medical care and 24-hour crisis lines in the Phoenix metro, Arizona. Every number is tap-to-call and every address opens in maps. Free to use, free to print, free to hand out.
Need help right now?
211 Arizona
Dial 211 for information and referrals to community resources and essential needs.
9am to 7pm every day, in English and Spanish
In an emergency, call 911.
Lists by city
Mesa
East Valley Men’s Center, House of Refuge, Paz de Cristo, Streets of Joy, and the Mesa Homeless Resource Line.
Open the Mesa listPrintable trifold (PDF, 3.8 MB)Checked onTempe
I-HELP, Sue’s Espacio, the Oasis Center and the TCAA food pantry, plus the light rail stops that reach them.
Open the Tempe listPrintable trifold (PDF, 3.6 MB)Checked onChandler
Chandler Connect, AZCEND, the Chandler CARE Center and Community Bridges.
Open the Chandler listPrintable trifold (PDF, 3.6 MB)Checked onPhoenix
Central Arizona Shelter Services and the Key Campus, André House, St. Mary’s Food Bank, Circle the City, and the county heat relief map.
Open the Phoenix listNo printed trifold yet. The list prints as a handout.
Checked onSomewhere else in Arizona? Dial 211 for shelter, food and medical care near you.
Free meals from Pay It Forward
People in the community pay for meals in advance, and you collect one at a local restaurant partner. No ID, no paperwork and no questions about need. Reserving a meal online needs a free account with an email address.
For community partners and businesses
Beanchain Coffee hands out a help sheet with each meal. Shelters, outreach teams, clinics, libraries and restaurant partners can do the same: put the lists on a counter, in an outreach bag or in with a meal pickup order.
Print a handout
Each city list prints on one or two letter pages, with a QR code back to the live list where the numbers stay current.
Printed copies and other cities
If you would rather have printed copies, or work somewhere we do not have a list for yet, ask us.
Where these lists come from
Lists researched and checked by Beanchain Coffee in Mesa, the coffee shop where Pay It Forward started. Mesa, Tempe and Chandler are copied from the trifolds Beanchain prints and hands out. Phoenix was gathered from what the organizations and Maricopa County publish, and does not have a printed trifold yet.
What the checked date means. Each list shows the date its numbers were last rung, not the date the page was edited: Mesa, Tempe and Chandler on August 5, 2026; Phoenix on August 10, 2026. Programs change, so if a number is wrong, tell us so the next person does not waste the trip.
Beanchain's own copy stays at bchain.coffee/unhousedhelp, the address printed on the trifolds.