Dakota County Community Services Division

Adult Mental Health Crisis Response Services

Immediate help for people having urgent problems with depression, panic, anxiety, delusions, or other mood or behavior disorders

Description

Adult Mental Health Crisis Response Services can help you cope with a current crisis and stay in your home and community. A trained mental health crisis responder assesses the crisis, helps you get through the crisis, and then follows up helping you connect with longer term support and services.

If you need more help to be safe, crisis response can help to set up hospital care or to access a crisis stabilization service.

Every county in the state has an adult mental health crisis telephone number.

Most counties also provide other kinds of crisis help, like:

  • Mobile Crisis Response Services: Trained crisis responders will come to your home (or a meeting place that you choose) to help you in a crisis
  • Residential Crisis Services: Help in a facility where you can stay for a few days until the crisis is under control
  • Crisis Stabilization Services: Help you connect with other support services and gain skills to avoid future crises

Features

  • Area Served by County
    • Dakota County
  • Payment
    • Free / no cost to everyone
    • Medicaid (Medical Assistance)
    • Private health insurance
  • Service Availability
    • 24 hours a day
  • Specialization
    • Mental health

Eligibility

Any adult in Minnesota who is experiencing a mental health crisis can use the crisis response services. Examples of mental health crises may include feeling suicidal, depression, seeing or hearing things that may not be there, flashbacks, anxiety, panic, or any other mental health crisis.

If you are in danger of hurting yourself or someone else, call 911 right away.

Application Instructions

If you are in a different county, the state list of crisis phone numbers is available online.

Crisis Text Line details are also available online.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact the Crisis Line 24/7 for assistance: (952) 891-7171

Fee

People with or without insurance can get crisis help.

Location

14955 Galaxie Ave, Apple Valley, MN, 55124

Area Served

Dakota County

Phone Numbers

  • Primary Contact for this program: 952-891-7171
  • Main: 952-891-7500

Websites

Other Locations

Other Services at this Location

  • Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC) Coordinators connect individuals to well-child care and screenings for eligible newborns, children and young adults
  • Child Foster Care (CFC) Licensing The local county office that oversees licenses for child foster care. Foster care is a temporary safe family home for children who have been placed by a court order or a voluntary placement agreement.
  • Child Support Services (CSS) The Minnesota Department of Human Services Child Support Division and county child support agencies work with both parents to establish and enforce child support court orders.
  • Children's Mental Health Crisis Response Services (CRS) Professional help 24/7 for children or youth experiencing a mental health crisis to help the child be safe, stay in their home, and get connected to support
  • County Programs for Families Apply for county programs that provide financial assistance and supportive resources to families
  • Parent Support Outreach Program (PSOP) A voluntary, early intervention service that focuses on helping expecting and parenting at-risk families thrive.
  • Public Health Clinic Public health departments offer screenings, health education and wellness services
  • WIC - Supplemental Nutrition Program A nutrition and breastfeeding program that helps young families eat well and be healthy. Learn about nutrition during pregnancy and feeding your baby and young children; meet breastfeeding goals; and buy healthy food using your WIC card.

Last Update

3/27/2024