2-1-1 Arizona - A Service of Community Information and Referral Services

About 2-1-1 Arizona

Learn how 2-1-1 Arizona helps people in need
all day every day.
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Our Mission

Community Information and Referral Services serves as Arizona’s key source of integrated information that brings people and services together to meet vital needs.

Our Vision

All Arizonans are easily connected to available health and human services in their communities.

Who We Are

Community Information and Referral Services was founded in 1964 and incorporated as a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in 1979. Read our latest annual reports for more details. Our Board of Directors and funders help direct us toward the future.

What We Do

2-1-1 Arizona serves all of Arizona all day every day. From July 2007 through June 2008, we helped over 303,000 callers with thousands of referrals to available community resources.

From July 2010 through June 2011, more than half a million visitors found help and information by searching the 2-1-1 Arizona Resource Database and browsing other pages on this site. Our database of over 2800 agencies includes government and private nonprofit organizations, self-help groups, civic clubs, professional associations, and much more.

We publish the Directory of Human Services & Self-Help Support Groups for Maricopa County and provide lists and mailing labels from our referral database for a nominal fee.

Beyond Referrals

We offer a variety of special programs throughout our community.

As a co-founder of AzTeC (Arizona Telecommunication Community) Computing, a Free-Net providing free, text-based internet access, Community Information & Referral is committed to helping people access information easily.

Also, as a founding member of the Alliance of Information and Referral Services Systems (AIRS), an international professional organization with over 900 members throughout the United States and Canada, we take the lead in providing information to those in need in as many ways as possible.

Our Thanks

We are deeply indebted to the millions of people we've assisted over the years. Their numbers attest to the need and value of our services and those of the agencies we list.

To our government, corporate and individual funders, Board of Directors, past and present volunteers and staff members, thank you for making it possible for us to continue to provide our valuable community services to the people who need us.

Join us! See what volunteer and employment opportunities are available.

Please read our Legal Notices.

Community Information and Referral Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations will be made upon request.

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