The department serves over 230,000 Alabamians per year with mental illnesses, intellectual disabilities, or substance abuse addiction illnesses. The vast majority of these individuals have family members who are affected in some way by their condition. The following are gateways to family support systems for the people we serve.

Our Advocacy toll free Phone is 1-800-367-0955

Find Services chart

Alabama Connect is a service of the Alabama Department of Senior Services. It is a statewide database of organizations, which provide services to older adults, individuals with disabilities and their family members. For more information, visit www.alabamaconnect.gov.

Mental Illness

• State/National NAMI Web sites
  • NAMI Alabama: www.namialabama.org
  • NAMI: www.nami.org
• Mental Health America: www.nmha.org
• National Institute of Mental Health: www.nimh.nih.gov
• MI FAQs

Intellectual Disability

• The Arc: www.thearc.org
• The Arc of Alabama: www.thearcofalabama.com
• ID FAQs

Substance Abuse

• Al-Anon: www.al-anonfamilygroups.org
• Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: csat.samhsa.gov
• SA FAQs