Community Resources
Immediate Assistance (Mental Health or Social Services)
Arlington County Emergency Services
Phone number: 703-228-5160 (main number)
Location: 2120 Washington Blvd., Arlington VA 22204
Call this Agency: When you have a mental health emergency, or need someone to be hospitalized
Arlington County Mental Health Intake
Phone number: 703-228-4864
2120 Washington Blvd., Arlington VA 22204
Call this Agency: When someone is in need of outpatient mental health treatment
Arlington County Community/Community Assistance Bureau (CAB)
Phone number: 703-228-1300 (main)
Location: the Sequoia Building – 2100 Washington Blvd, Arlington, VA
Call this Agency: When in need of financial assistance (food stamps, housing grants, emergency monies), or for a homeless family that needs a referral to a family shelter or for emergency needs (housing, food, clothing, medication).
CrisisLink
Phone number: 703-527-4077
Call this agency: When in need of additional support to address life crises, trauma, suicidal thoughts. CrisisLink provides information, education, and links to community resources.
Doorways for Women and Families 24-Hour Domestic & Sexual Violence Hotline (Access hospital accompaniment and other services)
Phone number: 703-237-0881 (24/7)
Call this Agency: If you or someone you know experiences domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and/or stalking. Not in Arlington? See additional local, regional and national resources here.
Shelter/Housing
Residential Programming Center (RPC) Shelter (single adult males/females)
Phone number: 703-228-0022
Location: 1554 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204
Open to single males or females needing a bed (open year-round). This shelter does not take walk-ins, must call ahead to get on the waiting list.
Homeless Services Center
Phone number: 703-228-3082
Location: 2020A 14th St. N, Arlington VA 22201
Walk-in after 4 p.m. to get a bed.
Bailey’s Crossroads Shelter (single males/females)
Phone number: 703-820-7621
Location: 3525 Moncure Avenue, Falls Church, VA 22041
Must call in advance for a bed unless it is winter, Nov 1- Mar 31.
New Hope Eleanor Kennedy Shelter (single males/females)
Phone number: 703-799-0200
Location: 9155 Richmond Highway, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060
Must call in advance.
Doorways for Women and Families Safehouse (Emergency shelter for single survivors and survivors with children, including women, men and those who identify as LGBTQ)
Phone number: 703-237-0881 (24/7) Safehouse and Hotline
Location: Undisclosed
Call this Agency: If you or someone you know experiences domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and/or stalking. Not in Arlington? See additional local, regional and national resources here.
Doorways for Women and Families Family Shelter (Emergency shelter for families and transition-aged youth)
Access to Doorways’ Family Shelter is provided through Arlington County’s Centralized Access System (CAS).
Phone number: CAS 703-228-1300 (business hours) or 703-228-1010 (24/7)
Location: undisclosed