Here are a variety of Community Resources

Counseling & Psychological Services 

claculty/staff are happy to walk you to any campus centers to get help or make contact on your behalf. Please reach out to a trusted ally for help.

Immediate help in an emergency: call 911

San Diego crisis and help line: Call 888-724-7240 ( https://up2sd.org/hotline/ )

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Call 1-800-273-8255 (https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/)

                                                                      Dial 988 from any phone (https://988lifeline.org/help-yourself/youth/)

Podcast on mental health: https://www.hilariousworld.org/

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI):

SDSU’s Counseling & Psychological Services:

• Call 619-594-5220
• Walk into Calpulli 4401
• Talk with a therapist link:  http://go.sdsu.edu/student_affairs/cps/therapist-consultation.aspx
• Visit the Center for Well Being: http://go.sdsu.edu/student_affairs/cps/center-for-well-being.aspx

Note: many have experienced issues with counselors in Calpulli being too booked. Please don’t let this dissuade you from help: getting a referral and using any of these other provided resources.

Dial 211 for local community and referral services (https://www.helplinecenter.org/2-1-1/)

Human Health Services: Mental health resources (https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/bhs.html) and general info (https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa.html)

Resources for Loss Survivors: https://afsp.org/ive-lost-someone

Substance Abuse Recovery 

Start Your Recovery is a website that brings together experts in substance use disorder treatment from leading nonprofit, academic, and government institutions. They have developed a comprehensive directory of support resources in San Diego, California. Here, you can:

• Find local treatment options vetted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Filter to find personalized support options
• Find support groups and other important non-clinical resources

https://startyourrecovery.org/treatment/rehab-centers/california/san-diego

Live Another Day: Equal access to life-saving mental health and substance use resources. Provides best resources available for BIPOC students. 

 Substance use support for BIPOC students created by Lexington Addiction Center.

Substance use support for Latinx College students created by Tulip Hill Recovery

Substance use support for AAPI students created by the Lexington Addiction Center

Resources for Supporting Health

Student Health Services: https://sa.sdsu.edu/student-health-services:

• Graduate Student Health Insurance https://grad.sdsu.edu/current_grad_students/gship 
• General resources: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/health-promotion/healthier-you

• Health and Human Services Info: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa.html

   

Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Lactation

• https://titleix.sdsu.edu/resources-for-students/interim-remedies-and-resources/resources-for-pregnant-and-parenting-students
• https://sdsuedu.sharepoint.com/sites/AA/FA/FA%20Website%20Documents/Parental%20Leave%20for%20Graduate%20Students.pdf
• https://sacd.sdsu.edu/womens-resource/resources

Sexual Misconduct Response and Prevention

Immediate help in an emergency: call 911

SDSU resources: https://titleix.sdsu.edu/

San Diego Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault 24-Hour Hotline: 888-385-4657 (https://www.ccssd.org/24-7-crisis-hotline)

Sexual Assault Response Team (SART): https://www.sandiego.gov/police/services/units/sexcrimes/resources

Economic Crisis Response

General resources:

Economic Crisis Response Team (https://sacd.sdsu.edu/ecrt)

ECRT can help students with food, housing, financial, technological, and transportation assistance. An ECRT coordinator will reach out within 72h after a student requests assistance at https://sacd.sdsu.edu/ecrt

More basic needs through ECRT here: http://bit.ly/sdsuresourcehelp

Center for Transformative Justice: https://spa.sdsu.edu/research/institute/project-rebound

Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and Ethnic Affairs: http://studentaffairs.sdsu.edu/EOP/

Undocumented Resource Area: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/undocumented-resource 

HomeStart Inc: https://home-start.org/

Additional resources: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/ecrt/resources

Food:

SDSU Associated Students Food Pantry (https://as.sdsu.edu/foodinsecurity/foodpantry/)

CalFresh (Foodstamps): https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/ssp/food_stamps.html 

Enroll here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSde1GD6DDa6NfjEGvsZkiUl49iv9Qbr5Ot1SpSvVpfsuG72SQ/viewform 

The Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank: https://sandiegofoodbank.org/

Housing and homelessness:

SDSU Graduate Student Housing: https://housing.sdsu.edu/grad_housing/default.aspx

Housing and Community Development Services: (https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/sdhcd.html)

• Rental assistance, utility assistance and other programs 

Doors of Change: https://doorsofchange.org/ 

San Diego Housing Commission: https://www.sdhc.org/

Financial and Legal services

A.S. Legal Services: https://as.sdsu.edu/azteclegal/ 

Legal Aid Society: https://www.lassd.org/ 

Peer Financial Education: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0e44a4ab22a57-peer

Undocumented Resource Area: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/undocumented-resource 

Student Financial Center: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/financial-aid   

Resources for Supporting Diversity

Center for Intercultural Relations: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/intercultural-relations

Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and Ethnic Affairs: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/eop

Undocumented Resource Area: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/undocumented-resource

Center for Transformative Justice: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/transformative-justice 

Women’s resource center: WRC (https://sacd.sdsu.edu/womens-resource)

Veterans resources: SDSU Veterans Resource Center (https://arweb.sdsu.edu/es/veterans/)

LBGTQ+ resources: SDSU Pride Center (https://sacd.sdsu.edu/pride)

                                    San Diego LGBT Community Center (https://thecentersd.org/)

Resources for African-American students: SDSU Black Resource Center: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/black-resource

Resources for Latinx students: Latinx Resource Center: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/latinx-resource

Resources for Pacific Islander Desi Americans: SDSU APIDA Resource Center: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/apida-resource 

Resources for Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples: Native Student Resource Center: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/native-resource

Additional Resources for Handling University Related Issues

Ombudsman: https://sacd.sdsu.edu/student-ombudsman

• Supports students in addressing and resolving concerns or issues that may arise within the University.

Graduate Student Housing: https://housing.sdsu.edu/grad_housing/default.aspx 

University Writing Center: https://writingcenter.sdsu.edu/ 

Center for Teaching and Learning: https://ctl.sdsu.edu/ 

Graduate Student Association: https://as.sdsu.edu/gsa/

Chemistry Graduate Student Association: cgsa.sdsu@gmail.com