Aurora Mental Health Hotline
Free, confidential support for Aurora residents, available 24/7.
⚠ SAFETY NOTICE
If you or someone you love is in immediate danger, call 911.
If you’re having thoughts of suicide or are in emotional crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
The Mental Health Hotline offers support and resources and is not a substitute for emergency services.
Aurora has the 11th highest uninsured rate of the 100 U.S. cities in this series, and the 8th lowest share of adults who saw a doctor for a routine checkup in the past year. Depression and poor mental health days, by contrast, sit right around the middle of that group. The gap between those two facts is the whole story of getting help in Aurora: the need here is ordinary, and the barrier to meeting it is not.
Aurora is also one of the most linguistically diverse cities in the country, home to large refugee and immigrant communities, and several resources below provide care in clients’ own languages. The city’s main behavioral health provider runs a 24-hour walk-in clinic that does not require insurance, an appointment, or the ability to pay.
Every phone number and location on this page was checked against the organization’s own published information. For resources across the rest of the state, see our Colorado mental health resources page.
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Options for Aurora Hotlines
These lines and locations serve Aurora and the surrounding metro area. The Mental Health Hotline, at 866-903-3787, is one of several places to turn, so look through what fits your situation. If you need help right now, start with 988 or the 24-hour walk-in clinic on South Potomac Street.
Aurora Mental Health Statistics to Know
These figures come from the CDC’s PLACES program, which models health estimates for individual cities. Each is shown against the other 99 cities in this series, because a percentage on its own does not tell you whether it is unusual.
CDC PLACES 2025 release, crude prevalence among Aurora adults, modeled from 2023 survey data. Uninsured 16.1% (95% CI 14.7–17.7) among adults aged 18–64; routine checkup in the past year 69.1% (66.3–71.9); ever told by a health professional they have a depressive disorder 21.8% (19.6–24.2). Ranks are against the 100 U.S. cities in this series, which are not ranked by size. Higher is worse for the uninsured rate and better for the checkup rate. Median across those cities: 11.6% uninsured, 76.5% checkup, 22.6% depression. For more on how depression is recognized and treated, or on what happens when you call 988, see our guides.
Help Is Here
If you have no insurance, no regular doctor, or English is not your first language, the usual advice about getting help can feel like it was written for someone else. Aurora has a 24-hour walk-in clinic that asks none of that of you, and clinics with staff who speak your language.
If you are not sure where to start, the Mental Health Hotline can help you find the right first step. Call 866-903-3787 to talk through what you need. You can also reach the NAMI HelpLine during weekday hours for resource referrals.
Call when you’re ready.