Resources

Important Mental Health Resources for the Amarillo Area

Crisis:

  1. Amarillo College Police Department: 806-371-5911. Ask for Mental Health Trained Officer.
  2. Texas Panhandle Center Hotline: 806-359-6699 or 1-800-692-4039 (toll free). Ask about getting the services of a Mobile Crisis Outreach Team.
  3. 911, ask for a Crisis Intervention Team Officer.

Psychiatric Hospital: 
The Pavilion of Northwest Hospital: 1501 S Coulter St, Amarillo, 806-354-1810 or 1-800-341-7375

Mental Health Screening and Psychiatric/Caseworker Services:
Texas Panhandle Centers: 1501 S. Polk St, Amarillo, 806-337-1000

Affordable Counseling (sliding scale fee):
Family Support Services: 1001 S Polk St, Amarillo, 806-342-2500

Free Medical Clinic:
Heal the City: 604 S. Tennessee Ave, Amarillo, 231-0364

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Help/Support:

Free Legal Help:

  1. Legal Aid of Northwest Texas, Amarillo Petroleum Building, 203 W. 8th Ave #600, 806-373-4309
  2. AC Legal Clinic, 806-345-5551

Free Peer-Support Program with Social/Educational Activities:
Amarillo Mental Health Consumers Agape Center, 1401 S. Polk St (inside Polk St. United Methodist Church), 4th Floor, Amarillo, 806-373-7030; free peer support groups, classes, activities.

Free Peer-Support Groups and Classes through Texas Panhandle Centers (TPC):
Call 806-351-3268. Offered at TPC’s Respite Center at 2002 Hardy St., Amarillo

Housing Help:

  1. Downtown Women’s Center: 806-372-3625;
  2. TPC PATH Program: 806-337-1000
  3. HUD: (806) 342-6154, 806-372-2531

Help Getting a Job with Supportive Employers:
TX Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), 5809 S. Western St., Ste 255 Amarillo, TX 79110, 806-351-3833

Need other resources? Search other available resources in the Panhandle through Panhandle Behavioral Health Alliance

Contact Us

Washington Street Campus, Student Services Center, 228
2201 S. Washington St.
Amarillo, TX 79109
Fax: (806) 345-5661

Office Hours

Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Emergency Contact Information

If you are experiencing an emergency situation, please call one of the following:

  • 911 – National Emergency Hotline
  • 988 – Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
  • (806) 371-5911 – Amarillo College Police Emergency