Here are a variety of Community Resources

 

Counseling & Psychological Services 

Faculty/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/)

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

 

SDSU’s Counseling & Psychological Services You can:

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

 

Resources for Supporting Health

 

Sexual Misconduct Response and Prevention

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

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