Social Work Department
Community Resources - Emergency Numbers
Spectrum CARES (716) 882-4357
24 hour hotline for children and adolescents that are experiencing a mental health crisis
Crisis Services (716) 834-3131
Addiction Hotline- (716) 831-7007
Erie County Domestic Violence Hotline- (716) 862-4357
For shelter- (716) 884-6000
Kids hotline- (716) 834-1144
24 hour hotlines for adults and children that are experiencing a mental health, substance abuse, or domestic violence crisis
Erie County Emergency Assistance Program- (716) 858-6265 or TAEmergencyServices@erie.gov
Assistance program through the Department of Social Services to assist with homelessness, foreclosure or eviction, utility bills, home repair, extermination assistance, assistance obtaining appliances, etc.
Medicaid emergency assistance- (716) 858-6244
SNAP emergency assistance- (716) 858-7239
HEAP emergency assistance- (716) 858-7644