211 Colorado

When you do not know which Colorado program to call, dial 2-1-1. It is a free, confidential, multilingual service that connects people to needed resources across the state. Reach a navigator by dialing 2-1-1 or toll-free (866) 760-6489, text your ZIP code to 898-211, or use the live chat on the website in English and Spanish.

The reach is genuinely statewide and deep. The database holds more than 6,500 services from over 2,500 agencies covering all 64 Colorado counties, and 211 Colorado is provided by seven nonprofit organizations across regional centers, with border-to-border coverage since 2002.

It connects you to the help that matters in a hard month: food, housing and shelter, rent and utility assistance, healthcare and mental health, childcare, employment, and crisis support. Give your zip code and a short version of what is going on, and a navigator searches for programs near you.

Language is rarely a barrier. Service is available in many languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Somali, Russian, and Vietnamese, among others, so you can get help in the language you are most comfortable in.

Know what 211 is and is not. It refers; it does not pay bills itself. The value is knowing which local agencies and funds near you have money or open intake right now, which changes month to month. Prefer to look yourself? Search the database at search.211colorado.org any hour.

Pair 211 with the statewide front doors: Colorado PEAK for SNAP, cash, and Medicaid, and Colorado Legal Services for free legal help. For a suicidal or mental health crisis, call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, instead, any hour.