A Program that Provides Training and Technical Assistance
This brochure outlines HIPAA and FERPA guidelines for protecting student safety as well as their privacy.
A brief video with tips on how to enroll in the CalFresh program at your community college.
Mt. San Antonio College staff (Rigo Estrada, MSW, and Lorena Cardozo, MS) presented this blueprint training at the 2023 Real College California Basic Needs Summit. The blueprint is based on a Basic Needs Resource Center ally training that they developed … read more
Basic Needs, Poverty, and Impact on Academic Success describes new data from more than 40,000 California Community College students showing the scale and scope of basic needs challenges in the system. Available in English and Spanish.
Suicide hurts all of us-parents, children, siblings, friends, lovers and spouses. The loss for society is psychological, spiritual, and financial. Understanding suicide requires looking at all of the factors that underlie this complex and intensely emotional issue and applying logic … read more
A guide for students who want to seek help for mental illnesses or emotional distress.
This session will be a question and answer format to allow participants to ask any questions they may have on behavioral intervention teams.
Behind the Asterisk*: Perspectives on Young Adult Mental Health from “Small and Hard-to-Reach” Communities draws from the lived experiences of marginalized youth and young adults living in poverty. Their voices are the driving force behind our policy recommendations and serve … read more
Offers providers guidance on being culturally- and trauma-informed while assisting displaced Afghan families. This tip sheet provides ways to build connection and trust, help maintain and strengthen family relationships, and align the work with child and family goals while using … read more
Provides an overview of the concepts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and childhood trauma, highlights the gaps that remain in our understanding of the impact of childhood trauma and adversity on mental and physical health, and describes how these terms … read more
This guide provides information and resources for faculty at colleges and universities to set up and successfully run their own emergency aid programs, including information on the FAST Fund model as one successful example of how faculty-run programs work.
The persistent underutilization of campus support services is a challenge facing institutions wishing to support students’ basic needs. Campus food pantries and emergency aid programs, for example, tend to serve only a small fraction of food-insecure students on campus. While … read more
This brief, the first in the Beyond the Food Pantry series, explains how advocates can support students by increasing access to SNAP.
Resource toolkit that outlines several best practices and tools to reduce disparities for African-Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Latinos, Native Americans, as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Questioning (LGBTQ) populations. The toolkit is the result of over 450 behavioral health professionals, … read more
BIPOC mental health
This page provides information about bipolar disorder, including signs and symptoms and ways to get help. ULifeline focuses on college mental health.
Each year the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development directs over $380 million to California to address homelessness via 38 local Continuums of Care (CoCs). CoCs coordinate local providers working to combat homelessness, yet there is too often a … read more
This 9-part video series highlights Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Health Services and their eight “Pillars of Success” that contribute to a healthy, functioning, and effective student health services support program. The Pillars of Success form a framework that other … read more
This webinar describes a process that will assist campuses in finding accessible community mental health referral sources and developing a sustainable referral network and then shares evidence based practices for student referrals and linkage to care.
Recently released, the Collaboration Toolkit: California Community Colleges and California County Behavioral and Mental Health Departments is for county behavioral health and mental health departments and community colleges to develop sustainable partnerships