800 Numbers
Alzheimer’s Association
- 800-272-3900 National toll-free information and referral service.
American Cancer Society
- 800-227-2345
- 208-343-4609
- AREA SERVED: State of Idaho (Boise)
- PURPOSE: Information on different types of cancer treatment.
American Diabetes Association
- 800-232-3472
- 208-342-2774
- 1528 Vista Avenue Boise, Idaho 83705 (Boise)
- SERVICES: Information clearing house, support group information.
Portneuf Life Flight Helicopter
- 800-237-0911 (24 hours)
- Pocatello, Idaho 83201
- AREA SERVED: Radius 180 miles of Pocatello as crow flies–includes Sun Valley, Ketchum, Hailey, Mammoth, and Yellowstone National Park.
- PURPOSE: Emergency medical service, handles all types of trauma. Fly with advanced life support: pacemakers, respirators. The neurosurgeon on staff.
- SERVICES: Two flight nurses respond for emergency transport; mobile intensive care unit. Staffed with R.N. and paramedic when responding to the scene of an auto accident. Staffed according to patient’s needs, including M.D. when indicated. Response time 5 minutes to lift-off. Flies with advanced life support.
- SOURCE OF FUNDS: Run by the hospital.
Canyon View Hospital
- 800-657-8000
- 208-734-6760
- 228 Shoup Avenue West Twin Falls, Idaho 83301
- PURPOSE: Treatment center for alcoholism and chemical dependency. Staff is available for intervention 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
- SERVICES: Adolescent care, psychiatric, chemical dependency, sexual abuse, eating disorders, adult, elderly.
Telehelp Child Abuse Hotline
- 800-422-4453
- Hollywood, California (24 hours)
- AREA SERVED: U.S.A.
- PURPOSE: To provide counseling on child abuse. Counselors with M.A. or above provide counseling, information, and referrals to appropriate resources in the caller’s community. Crisis counseling.
Co-Ad, Inc.
- 800-632-5125
- 866-262-3462
- 4477 Emerald St. Ste. B 100 Boise, Idaho 83706 (Boise)
- 208-336-5353
- 910 Yellowstone #203
- 208-232-0922
- Pocatello, Idaho 83201 8-5 M-F
- PURPOSE: To promote and advocate and protect people with disabilities.
- SERVICES: Protection and advocacy for developmentally disabled, mentally ill, individual rights, assistive technology, beneficiaries for soc. security, traumatic brain injury, voting accessibility, and a client-assisted program.
- ELIGIBILITY: Must call directly and talk to the office. FEES: None
Crisis Center of the Magic Valley
- 800-882-3236
- PHOENIX HOUSE
- 800-262-2463
- AREA SERVED: National
- www.phoenixhouse.org
- PURPOSE: National treatment and referral and information service. Will assist anyone with a drug problem.
- SERVICES: Provide eligibility interviews to determine those in need. Will refer the caller to a treatment center in his/her area. Will refer the caller to support groups.
- ELIGIBILITY: In person to determine eligibility.
- FEES: If the caller has no money, the hotline can refer him/her to a treatment center in the caller’s area which will take him/her.
Community Action Agency
- 800-627-1733
- P.O. Box 531 Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 8-5 M-F
- 208-733-9351
- AREA SERVED: Twin Falls, Blaine County
- PURPOSE: Provider of emergency services to low-income people and energy assistance.
- ELIGIBILITY: Low income. FEES: none
Drug Hotlines
- 800-262-2463 Phoenix House
- 800-524-7277 Marijuana
- EXECUTIVE: State Department of Law Enforcement.
- AREA SERVED: State of Idaho.
- PURPOSE: Sponsored by the Psychiatric Institutes of America.
- SERVICES: Treatment and support group referrals in the local area are provided.
Idaho Energy Hotline
- 800-334-7283
- Boise, Idaho 8-5 M-F
- AREA SERVED: State of Idaho.
- SERVICES: Information, and provision of pamphlets on energy conservation. Technical assistance. Some low-interest loans for energy conservation.
- ELIGIBILITY: None.
- SOURCE OF FUNDS: Federal.
- www/energy.idaho.gov
Facts of Lifeline
- 800-342-7890 (24 hrs)
- 208-342-7890 (24 hours, ADA Co.)
- EXECUTIVE: Planned Parenthood of Idaho–for more information about the line and its topics call Planned Parenthood at:
- 208-345-0760
- PURPOSE: Provide a 24-hour, toll-free phone number to provide confidential information to answer questions concerning the sexual health of individuals and families.
- SERVICES: A recording answers the calls and asks the caller to pick a subject from a library of more than 100 tapes. Callers never have to identify themselves. Tapes last 2-4 minutes.
- FEES: The calls are toll-free, but the caller must have a touch-tone telephone to select a tape.
Father’s Advocacy Information
- 800-722-FAIR – REFERRAL (F.A.I.R.) (Recording)
- VEPCO Office Building
- P.O. Box 389 Camden-Wyoming, Delaware 19934
- AREA SERVED: Nationwide.
- PURPOSE: Assist non-custodial divorced fathers with “visitation interference” problems (not allowed to see children they have a legal right to see), custody, support, and visitation problems.
- SERVICES: Will mail an informational packet to the caller.
Highway Emergency in Idaho
- 800-233-1212
- REDDI (Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately)
- 208-334-2900 (Office)
- PURPOSE: To assist in major accidents, and highway emergencies and to take reports of drunk drivers.
Idaho Drug Information Center
- 800-334-7139
- PURPOSE: To provide information on all kinds of drugs; including side effects. No drug abuse referrals or poison control information.
- HOW TO APPLY: Call.
International Hospital
- 800-321-5984 (24 hrs)
- 303 N. Allumbaugh Boise, Idaho 83704 (Office)
- 208-337-8400
- PURPOSE: Mental health services, including depression.
- SERVICES: Free problem assessment/counseling and referral contact.
Marijuana Hotline
- 800-524-7277
- Boise Regional Office/Twin Falls
- 208-734-6807
- EXECUTIVE: State Department of Law Enforcement.
- PURPOSE: Sponsored by the Psychiatric Institutes of America.
- SERVICES: Treatment and support group referrals in the caller’s area.
Missing Children’s Hotline
- 800-843-5678
- 1835 K Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006
- 9-5:30 M-F (EST)
- Hotline staffed Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m.; Saturday 10-6
- AREA SERVED: U.S.A. and Canada.
- PURPOSE: National clearinghouse for missing/and or exploited children.
- SERVICES: Reports missing and/or exploited children to proper agencies. Assists parents in organizing searches. Works with local agencies.
- ELIGIBILITY: Individuals reporting a missing child must have legal custody of that child.
- FEES: None.
- HOW TO APPLY: Call.
- SOURCE OF FUNDS: Private, non-profit.
National AIDS Hotline
- 800-342-2437 (24 hrs)
- CDC – CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
National Cancer Institute
- 800-422-6237
- 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 80892 (Recording gives a menu:
- Dial 1 to talk to someone about a specific question. Dial 2 to request free publications.)
- PURPOSE: To provide information on cancer. FEES: None.
- SERVICES: Answers caller’s questions directly, or the caller can order publications for information.
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- 800-333-SAFE VIOLENCE 9-5 M-F (EST)
- P.O. Box 15127 Washington, D.C. 20003-0127
- AREA SERVED: Entire U.S.A.
- PURPOSE: Serves as a clearinghouse of information about domestic violence, networks shelters, and programs for battered women and their children.
- SERVICES: NCADV operates the only national toll-free domestic violence hotline. 1-800-333-SAFE is a 24-hour lifeline offering support and information about resources in the caller’s area.
National Institute of Justice
- 301-251-5500
- P.O. Box 6000 Rockville, Maryland 20850
- 8:30-8 M-F (EST)
- PURPOSE: Center for criminal justice information; do research and will provide training materials upon request; resource information and domestic violence, rape, etc. Will send publications upon request.
- SERVICES: Nat’l Criminal Justice Reference Service:
- 800-851-3420
- Justice Statistics Clearing House:
- 800-732-3277
- Juvenile Justice Clearing House:
- 800-638-8736
Support Group for Parents and Families
- 800-4-FAMILY OF GAYS & LESBIANS PMS ACCESS (Private)
- 800-222-4PMS
- 800-222-4767
- PURPOSE: To provide an informational newsletter six times per year. Physician referral and answer questions.
- SERVICES: For $9.95 will send Physician Referral List for anywhere in the U.S.A. Also sends PMS information with the list.
- POISON CONTROL
- 800-632-8000 (24 hrs)
- St. Alphonsus Hospital State Communication Center Boise, Idaho
