Adult and Older Adult System of Care

The County of San Diego's Adult and Older Adult System of Care offers a wide variety of treatment, rehabilitation and recovery services to help people who are experiencing persistent and severe mental illness or an addiction health crisis. All services provided are oriented to meet the unique linguistic and cultural needs of the persons served. 

The system strives to ensure that the County residents have access to quality services as guided by our mission, principles and goals

For a list of all clinics and urgent walk-in centers, visit the Outpatient Behavioral Health Services page.

The Adult and Older Adult System of Care is responsible for oversight, planning and program development for the public adult system of care for San Diego County.

The public system is responsible for providing the services for County residents who are experiencing a health crisis or who have, as a primary diagnosis, persistent, severe mental illness or addiction illness. Services are provided directly through County-operated facilities, as well as through contracts with community providers and individual fee-for-service providers. Administrative functions include Quality Improvement, grievance and complaint procedures, billing and claiming procedures, direction and coordination of medical record services, and contract administration.

Not sure where to start?

Call the Access and Crisis Line (ACL) at 1-888-724-7240 to speak to an experienced counselor who can help find the right service for you or someone you care about. The ACL is operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with support available in over 200 languages. Live chat and other resources are available through the ACL website or up2sd.org.

If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 911.

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