Find your county’s crisis line

Every Michigan county is served by one Community Mental Health Services Program with a 24-hour crisis line. Find yours below for that number, plus walk-in locations, mobile crisis teams, and the separate line for requesting non-emergency services.

These numbers are compiled from what each agency publishes, and every entry shows the date it was last checked. Agencies do change numbers, move, and rebrand. If a listing here does not connect you, call or text 988 — it reaches a crisis counselor anywhere in Michigan, at any hour.

How Michigan’s public mental health system works

Most people only encounter this system during an emergency, and the vocabulary gets in the way. Here is the short version.

Your CMHSP is the front door

A Community Mental Health Services Program is the public mental health agency for your county. There are 46 of them covering Michigan’s 83 counties — some serve one county, others serve six. They handle crisis response, and they are the entry point for ongoing public mental health services.

PIHPs manage the money, not your call

The 46 agencies are grouped into 10 regional entities called Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans, which administer Medicaid behavioral health funding for their region. You almost never need to contact a PIHP directly. It is listed above only because you will see the name on paperwork.

Crisis line, access line, and customer service are three different numbers

This trips up more people than anything else. The crisis line is answered around the clock for emergencies. The access line is for requesting ongoing services and usually runs on business hours. Customer service handles benefits questions, grievances, and recipient rights — it is not a route to care. Each is listed separately above so you do not lose time on the wrong one.

Mobile crisis teams come to you

Many agencies can send trained staff to a home, school, or other location rather than requiring you to travel during a crisis. Some publish a direct dispatch number; others route the request through the main crisis line. Both are noted per county.

Walk-in crisis centers are an alternative to the ER

A growing number of Michigan agencies operate crisis stabilization units, behavioral health urgent care, or walk-in crisis clinics. For a mental health crisis without a medical emergency, these are usually a better fit than an emergency department — shorter waits, staff trained for exactly this, and a direct path into follow-up care.

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