Off-Campus Mental Health and Wellness Resources
This page contains information and contacts for off-campus mental health crisis lines and resources. These are non-university programs and services; the following help lines/organizations are not staffed/affiliated with UCSC or CAPS.
UCSC CAPS has more information on off-campus referrals for therapy or medication services, assistance with and resources for off-campus referrals.
For UCSC-affiliated resources, please visit the Campus Mental Health & Wellness page.
Confidential Contacts - Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County Mental Health |
(800) 952-2335 |
Monarch Services (Bilingual)
|
(888) 900-4232 |
National Suicide Hotline |
(800) 273-8255 |
Suicide Prevention Service of Santa Cruz County |
(831) 458-5300 |
Walnut Avenue Family and Women's Center
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1-866-2-MY-ALLY (269-2559) |
Santa Cruz County Crisis Stabilization Program |
(831) 600-2800 |
Emergency & Crisis Resources
The following phone and text lines are also available on evenings, weekends, and holidays when the CAPS office is closed:
- Crisis Text Line (and Steve Fund Partnership with Crisis Text Line for people of color)
- Texts answered by trained, supervised volunteer counselors within a few minutes of your texting; free for AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon customers; text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the USA, any time, about any type of crisis; if you are a person of color who would like to text with another person of color, text STEVE to 741741
- Emergency (police, fire, medical)
- 911
- ImAlive
- (800) 784-2433/(800) 442-4673 (HOPE)
- Monarch Services (sexual assault and domestic violence services)
- (888) 900-4232
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- (800) 799-7233 ([800] 799-SAFE); (800) 787-3224 (TTY)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- (800) 273-8255 ([800] 273-TALK)
- Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
- (800) 656-4673 (800-656-HOPE)
- Santa Cruz County Crisis Stabilization Program (crisis stabilization and inpatient care)
- (831) 600-2800
- Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast
- (877) 663-5433 or (877) ONE-LIFE
- The Trevor Project (crisis resources for LGBTQI youth and young adults)
- (866) 488-7386 ([866] 4-U-Trevor)
- UC Santa Cruz Police Department
- (831) 459-2505
- Veterans Crisis Line
- (800) 273-8255 and press "1"