Help in Chandler
Somewhere to sleep, something to eat, someone to call. Tap any number to ring it.
Crisis lines, 24 hours
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Chandler Connect
Chandler’s own outreach and crisis line.
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Central Arizona Crisis Line
Mental health crisis support, any hour.
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211 Arizona
Dial 211 for information and referrals to community resources and essential needs.
Emergency shelter and housing
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Chandler Connect (homeless outreach)
Outreach, assessment, and connection to shelter, health services, transportation and temporary housing.
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AZCEND I-HELP
Nightly shelter and a hot meal, plus case management and bus passes.
480-963-1423 (extension 112)
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Family Housing Hub
Family shelter placement. Chandler partners with A New Leaf and Save the Family.
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Autumn House and Faith House
24-hour crisis hotline and safe housing for survivors of domestic violence.
480-890-3039 (or 1-844-SAFEDVS)
Food and basic needs
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AZCEND Food Bank
Emergency food boxes tailored to family size. Fresh food boxes are distributed on Friday mornings.
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Chandler CARE Center Food Bank
Open year round, Monday to Friday 8am to 11am. A food box every two weeks. Bring photo ID and proof of a Chandler address.
Medical and behavioural health
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Chandler CARE Center
Free or low-cost medical and dental care.
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Community Bridges, Inc. (CBI)
Mental health and substance use services.
877-931-9142 (Access to Care Line, 24 hours)
Getting around
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Valley Metro bus
Several routes serve Chandler, connecting riders to shelters, food resources and medical appointments across the East Valley.
Surviving an Arizona summer outside
The heat here kills people. This is the part of the leaflet that matters most between May and September.
- Get out of the heat between 10am and 4pm
- That is the dangerous stretch. Cooling centres, libraries and shelters are all air conditioned and free to sit in. If you have to be outside, stay in shade and rest rather than walking through it.
- Drink more water than you think you need
- Shelters, churches and outreach groups hand out bottled water all summer, and public parks and community centres have drinking fountains. Dehydration is what turns a hot day into a hospital visit.
- Know what heat exhaustion feels like
- Heavy sweating, dizziness, nausea, headache, weakness. Get somewhere cool and drink water immediately. If someone is confused, very hot, or faints, that is heatstroke and it needs an ambulance now.
- Cover up rather than strip off
- Loose, light-coloured clothing keeps you cooler than bare skin in the sun, and sunscreen helps if you can get some. Outreach teams often have both.
- Buses are air conditioned
- Valley Metro fares are low and some programs offer free or discounted rides to cooling centres and shelters. A bus ride is a cheap hour out of the sun.
- Keep a phone charged if you have one
- Some organisations have charging stations. A charged phone is how you find out which shelter has a bed tonight.
Somebody has already paid for a meal
Pay It Forward lets one person buy a meal in advance and another person collect it from a local business, with no questions asked and nothing to prove. If you need one, or if you want to buy one for somebody who does, it runs at PIF Board.
City of Chandler homeless services keeps the fullest list, and it outlasts anything we publish.
Checked on 2026-08-05. If a number here is wrong, please tell us at contact@bchain.coffee so the next person does not waste the trip.