In crisis or need support in
San Mateo County?

24/7 Crisis Hotline: 650-579-0350

Callers can also reach the Youth SOS mobile response team (ages 0-25) by calling the Crisis Hotline. Learn more.

Teen Crisis Services

Teen Crisis Services operate Monday-Friday 4:00pm-10:00pm PST. Support is peer-to-peer under staff supervision. Serves ages 13+ but will not turn away any youth on basis of age. Learn more.

Teen Text Line: 650-747-6463

Teen Chat:

Providing mental health crisis services in San Mateo County for more than 50 years.

Founded in 1966, the Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center was the first program of the organization known today as StarVista. As one of the first crisis centers in California, the StarVista Crisis Center has been dedicated to crisis intervention and suicide prevention for over half a century, offering free services to youth and adults of San Mateo County.

The StarVista Crisis Center is accredited by the American Association of Suicidology and belongs to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline national network of crisis centers.

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Services closed or can’t get through? Find other local crisis resources.

Read more about how our services operate on our new Crisis Center Transparency page.

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Give back and learn to support others in crisis through our adult and teen volunteer programs.

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