Help in Mesa
Somewhere to sleep, something to eat, someone to call. Tap any number to ring it.
Crisis lines, 24 hours
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Mesa Homeless Resource Line
The city’s own line for people experiencing homelessness in Mesa.
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Crisis Response Network
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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East Valley Men’s Center (A New Leaf)
Emergency shelter, meals and support services for single men. Intake requires completing a prescreen, and phone intakes are not accepted.
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House of Refuge
Transitional housing and supportive services for families experiencing homelessness.
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The Mesa House Inc.
Safe, clean re-entry programs for men.
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The Salvation Army Mesa Corps
Emergency shelter, food and transitional housing, plus educational, counselling and vocational services for re-entry.
Food and basic needs
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Paz de Cristo
Meals, clothing and hygiene services for individuals and families in need.
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Streets of Joy
Food, clothing, hygiene products, and help applying for disability benefits.
Medical and behavioural health
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Banner Desert Medical Center
A Level I trauma center offering emergency medical services.
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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 Mesa, including Route 104 along Alma School Road, which reaches many of the services on this page.
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 Mesa homeless resources keeps the fullest list, and it outlasts anything we publish.
Download the printable trifold if you want to put copies somewhere.
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.