Health Resources
Your health—physical, mental, and emotional—is a vital part of your college experience. At UC Santa Cruz, you have access to a network of on-campus and community-based services designed to support your overall well-being. Whether you’re looking for everyday care, crisis support, or long-term accommodations, this page connects you to the resources available to help you thrive.
On-campus health and well-being resources
Student Health Center
Located across from College Nine and John R. Lewis College, the Student Health Center provides quality health care focused on the particular needs of students. All registered students have access to the Student Health Center regardless of their insurance plan.
The on-campus Pharmacy offers over-the-counter health supplies, contraception, and prescriptions for UC SHIP students.
Campus Mobile Crisis Team (CMCT)
The UCSC Campus Mobile Crisis Team is the first program of its kind on a University of California campus. An accessible, student-friendly, and mobile form of mental health, the behavioral health team provides crisis response services to all members of the UCSC community, with a particular focus on providing support to the unique needs of our student population.
Center for Advocacy, Resources & Empowerment (CARE)
CARE advocates offer free confidential services for survivors of sexual assault, violence, and stalking, including crisis intervention, accompaniment, academic support, accommodations, safety planning, and case management.
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
CAPS supports UCSC students with mental health services including counseling, therapy, psychiatry, groups and workshops, training programs, telehealth, and a mobile crisis team.
Healthcare Kiosks
Student Health Services now has healthcare kiosks on campus located at the Cowell Student Health Center and the Bay Tree Campus Store. These state-of-the-art machines provide UCSC students and the campus community with 24/7 access to healthcare supplies while promoting sexual health and overall well-being.
Disability Resource Center (DRC)
The DRC provides a variety of services and accommodations to help students with disabilities succeed academically, including note-taking assistance, exam accommodations, assistive technology, and more.
Off-Campus Health and Well-being Resources
Walnut Avenue Family and Women’s Center
Immediate 24-hour crisis response through the domestic violence hotline
Hotline: (866) 269-2559
Domestic violence counseling support: (831) 426-3062
Monarch Services
Immediate 24-hour crisis response through bilingual crisis lines a part of Santa Cruz County Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Response
Schedule an appointment: (831) 425-4030
Confidential sexual assault forensic exams: (888) 900-4232
Emergency & Crisis Resources
If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is available—even during evenings, weekends, and holidays. For any situation involving immediate danger or physical safety, call 911 right away. Concerns about safety on campus can also be reported to the UC Santa Cruz Police Department.
The following hotlines and text lines offer support when you need it most:
- Crisis Text Line:
- Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the US at any time about any type of crisis.
- Texts answered by trained, supervised volunteer counselors within a few minutes of your texting
- Steve Fund Partnership with Crisis Text Line for People of Color:
- Text STEVE to 741741 if you are a Person of Color who wants to text another Person of Color.
- Texts answered by trained, supervised volunteer counselors within a few minutes of your texting
- Emergency police, fire, medical: 911
- ImAlive: (800) 784-2433 or (800) 442-4673 (HOPE)
- Monarch Services (Sexual assault and domestic violence services): (888) 900-4232
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-7233, (800) 787-3224
- Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: For immediate help from a caring, skilled counselor, call or text 988 or chat
- Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN): (800) 656-4673
- Santa Cruz County Crisis Stabilization Program (Crisis stabilization and inpatient care): (831) 600-2800
- Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast: (877) 663-5433
- The Trevor Project (Crisis resources for LGBTQI youth and young adults): (866) 488-7386
- UC Santa Cruz Police Department: (831) 459-2505
- Veterans Crisis Line: (800) 273-8255–press “1”