Addiction and mental health care in California

Waypoint lists 1,545 behavioral health providers in California, in 361 cities: 914 offer substance use treatment, 1,022 offer mental health care, 118 are recovery residences or sober homes, and 210 provide crisis services. 1,148 offer telehealth.

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Types of care in California

Substance Use Treatment (914)

  • Outpatient SUD treatment: 634
  • Medication-assisted treatment (MAT / MOUD): 543
  • DWI & court-ordered programs: 514
  • Intensive outpatient (IOP): 384
  • Withdrawal management (detox): 333
  • Residential SUD treatment: 326
  • Adolescent SUD treatment: 281
  • Opioid treatment program (methadone): 128

Mental Health Care (1,022)

  • Co-occurring disorders (MH + SUD): 882
  • Couples & family therapy: 694
  • Outpatient therapy / counseling: 674
  • Trauma & PTSD treatment: 652
  • Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT): 650
  • Psychiatry & medication management: 537
  • Partial hospitalization (PHP): 235
  • Eating disorder treatment: 208
  • Residential mental health treatment: 196
  • Assertive community treatment (ACT): 166
  • Inpatient psychiatric care: 60

Crisis Services (210)

  • Mobile crisis response: 135
  • Walk-in / urgent behavioral health care: 112

Housing & Sober Living (118)

  • Sober living / recovery residence: 118

Children, Youth & Family (446)

  • Children's community mental health services: 403
  • Psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF): 62

Medicaid work requirements in California

Adults covered by Medicaid expansion in California must meet new work requirements starting January 1, 2027, unless they qualify for an exemption. People in addiction treatment and people with a substance use disorder or disabling mental health condition may be exempt. See who is exempt and what to do.

Cities with the most providers

  • Los Angeles: 110
  • San Diego: 60
  • Sacramento: 43
  • San Francisco: 34
  • Fresno: 28
  • Pasadena: 24
  • Costa Mesa: 22
  • Long Beach: 21
  • San Juan Capistrano: 19
  • Anaheim: 18
  • Bakersfield: 18
  • Orange: 18
  • Stockton: 18
  • San Jose: 17
  • Lancaster: 16
  • Woodland Hills: 16
  • Malibu: 15
  • Newport Beach: 15
  • Redding: 15
  • Oakland: 14
  • Torrance: 14
  • San Bernardino: 12
  • San Pedro: 12
  • Escondido: 11
  • Riverside: 11

All providers in California

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Aptos

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El Segundo

Elk Grove

Encinitas

Encino

Escondido

Eureka

Fairfield

Fallbrook

Folsom

Fontana

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Fort Bragg

Fort Jones

Fountain Valley

Fremont

Fresno

Fullerton

Galt

Garberville

Garden Grove

Garden Valley

Gardena

Gilroy

Glen Ellen

Glendale

Glendora

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Grand Terrace

Granite Bay

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Grover Beach

Hanford

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Indio

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Jamul

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Free help any time

  • Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
  • Call the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 for treatment referrals.
  • Call 211 for local services.

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In crisis? Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. In an emergency, call 911.