Core Resources

Crisis Assistance & Resource Education Support (CARES)

If you are experiencing challenges with food, housing, financial or other unique circumstances that are impacting your education, help is just a phone call (916-278-5138) or email (cares@csus.edu) away. The CARES office provides case management support for any enrolled student.

Learn more about your options and resources here: www.csus.edu/student-affairs/crisis-assistance-resource-education-support

Basic Needs Support

The ASI Food Pantry provides food and basic necessities to Sac State students in need at no cost. You just need to present a valid student OneCard. You can also utilize the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services (SFBFS). In fact, SFBFS offers more than just food. From clothing for a newborn baby or a teenager heading out on a job interview, to Immigration Legal Services or English as a Second Language classes, and more, SFBFS is proud to offer support to the people of Sacramento County in a variety of different ways.

Learn more here:

• ASI Food Pantry: www.asi.csus.edu/programs/food-pantry
• SFBFS: www.sacramentofoodbank.org

Campus Maps

• The interactive campus map can be used to locate academic buildings, various student support centers, accessible parking, and more.
• There are all-gender restrooms spread across campus, and the University has compiled a map of the all-gender restrooms to help locate them.
• There are several diaper changing stations as well as mother’s/lactation rooms on campus including two in the University Union. For a list of locations, see the map of diaper changing stations & mother’s/lactation rooms.

Safety Escort

The Hornet Safety Escort Program can be utilized by calling 916-278-7260, or you can contact Sac State police at 916-278-6000 for an escort when on campus at night.

If you are in immediate danger or need immediate assistance, please call 9-1-1 or, if you are on campus, campus police at 916-278-6000.

Sexual Misconduct

If you or someone you know has experienced any type of sexual violence (including harassment, assault, dating or domestic violence, or stalking), there are many confidential and non-confidential resources available on campus. So you know, the University requires faculty and staff to report any personal disclosures of sexual misconduct including rape, dating/domestic violence and stalking to the Title IX Coordinator. Students who do not wish to report their experience to me or the Title IX Coordinator may speak to someone confidentially by contacting Student Health and Counseling Services in The WELL at (916) 278-6461. You can also contact WEAVE, Inc. Sacramento, which provides confidential support 24 hours a day at (916) 920-2952.

Peer Counselors are also available for you to speak confidentially about anything and everything. You can book an appointment online.

If you are in immediate danger or need immediate assistance, please call 9-1-1 or, if you are on campus, campus police at 916-278-6000. If it is after hours or the weekend and you need immediate advocacy, please call WEAVE’s 24-hour hotline at 916-920-2952.

Learn more here: www.csus.edu/student-life/health-counseling/sexual-violence-support

Student Health and Counseling Services

Your physical and mental health are important to your success as a college student. Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) in The WELL offers medical, counseling, and wellness services to help you get and stay healthy during your time at Sac State. SHCS offers: Primary Care medical services, including sexual and reproductive healthcare, transgender care, and immunizations; urgent care for acute illness, injuries, and urgent counseling needs; pharmacy for prescriptions and over-the-counter products; mental health counseling, including individual sessions, group counseling, support groups, mindfulness training, and peer counseling; athletic training for sports injury rehabilitation; wellness services, including nutrition counseling, peerled health education and wellness workshops, and free safer sex supplies; violence and sexual assault support services. Most services are covered by the Health Services fee and available at no additional cost.

Confidential counseling services are available for Sacramento State students. Counselors are located on the second floor of the WELL. Appointments can be made 8:00am–5:00pm, Monday–Friday. Call 916-278-6461 or go here shc-pncweb.saclink.csus.edu/ to make an appointment.

If you are immediate crisis, please call 9-1-1 or the Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

Learn more here: www.csus.edu/student-life/health-counseling

Disability Access Center (DAC)

Sacramento State is committed to ensuring an accessible learning environment where course or instructional content are usable by all students and faculty. If you believe that you require disability-related academic adjustments for this class (including pregnancy-related disabilities), please immediately contact the Disability Access Center (DAC) to discuss eligibility. A current accommodation letter from DAC is required before any modifications, above and beyond what is otherwise available for all other students in this class will be provided. Please be advised that disability-related academic adjustments are not retroactive. The DAC is located on the first floor of Lassen Hall in room 1008. Phone is 916-278-6955 and e-mail is dac@csus.edu.

For a complete listing of services and current business hours visit www.csus.edu/student-affairs/centers-programs/disability-access-center/

Laptop Checkout Program & Software Catalog

The University has various technology resources for students including a laptop checkout program that provides both short-term and long-term checkout of laptops. Students, faculty, and staff also have access to a variety of computer software through the Software & Tools Catalog.

Learn more here:

• www.csus.edu/information-resources-technology/csuccess
• www.csus.edu/information-resources-technology/software-catalog/

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Student Support Centers & Programs

Some of Sacramento State’s many student support centers and programs are listed below. Additional centers and programs can be found here: www.csus.edu/student-affairs/centers-programs

• Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Center
  The APIDA Center promotes and affirms the experiences of students who identify as part of the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi diaspora. The Center educates and engages with students to foster holistic, academic, and personal development to raise cultural awareness and advocacy needs.
• Center for First Generation Student Inititatives
  The center works to collaboratively build a collegial network of faculty, staff, students, and alumni who identify as first-generation and their supporters to promote, support, and advance first-generation student success while ensuring first-generation personal, professional, academic, and social college experiences are woven into the culture and climate of the university.
• College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
  CAMP is a federally funded program designed to help students from migrant and seasonal farmworker backgrounds succeed at Sacramento State.
• DEGREES Project
  The Dedicated to Educating, Graduating, and Retaining Educational Equity Students (DEGREES) Project seeks to provide enhanced services to students with a special focus on underrepresented students to make timely progress to their degrees.
• Dreamer Resource Center (DRC)
  The DRC works to make the dream of a college degree a reality for undocumented students and students with mixed-status families at Sacramento State. The goal of the center is to help students overcome the unique challenges that get in the way of achieving academic, personal and professional excellence.
• Education Opportunity Program (EOP)
  EOP serves California residents from low-income households. EOP students are individuals who have the potential to succeed at Sacramento State, but have not been able to realize their goal for a higher education because of economic and/or educational background.
• Esak’timá Center
  The  Esak’timá Center at Sacramento State, residing on Miwok, Maidu, and Nisenan land, welcomes all Native students who are entering freshmen, returning students, and graduate students.  The center provides supportive services for students to assist you in your academic journey with Academic Advising, Academic Workshops, Peer Advising, Scholarship referrals, Cultural Presentations and Workshops, Student Leadership opportunities and Campus and Community Resources.
• Faculty Student Mentor Program (FSMP)
  The Faculty Student Mentor Program is designed to offer academic and personal support to students from traditionally low-income communities.
• Full Circle Project (FCP)
  The Full Circle Project aims to assist Asian American and Pacific Islander students throughout their entire college careers and provide ample opportunities to engage in service both on and off-campus to enhance their university experience.
• Guardian Scholars Program (GSP)
  The Guardian Scholars Program is designed to help support former foster youth continue to strive and increase the number of college graduates. When you become a part of the Guardian Scholars Program, you will have access to academic advising, career advising, professional mentoring, priority registration, emergency funding, internship opportunities, and community building. Being a part of the guardian scholars means more than just resources, you are part of a family.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Center
  The MLK Center is a central hub for the exploration of African American heritage and culture. The overall Center is designed to foster an ethos of success that permeates the scholarly experience, the community and the world by setting a tone of change and lifelong improvement that inspires and fulfills the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Multi-Cultural Center
  The Multi-Cultural Center supports the needs of diverse communities by providing educational programs and a welcoming space that helps students learn about themselves and others. By collaborating with campus and community partners to co-create diversity and social justice initiatives, the center responds to student needs, fosters social awareness and cultural understanding, and builds bridges between diverse communities.
• Native Scholars & Transition Program (NSTP)
  The program includes supporting and guiding students through the admission process, transitional student support through summer programming, learning community offerings for Native students at both the upper division and lower division levels. The Native scholar experience is enriched by cultural programming, college motivation days, college and community resource fairs, program celebrations, and social and student support gatherings.
• Parents & Families Program
  The program offers a range of services and resources to help you establish a collaborative network and get the actionable information you need as a parent.
• Peer Academic Resource Center (PARC)
  PARC’s mission is to promote the scholastic achievements of students through enriched and supportive peer-learning opportunities that aid students along the pathway to degree attainment. PARC utilizes a relatively untapped resource at the University, the talented and knowledgeable students who serve as SI Leaders, Peer Advisors and Peer Tutors. Our motto embodies who we are as a Center: Successful students promoting student success!
• PRIDE Center
  The PRIDE Center provides students looking for a connection to campus with programs and events, access to resources on campus and in the community, a welcoming hangout space, and opportunities for education about LGBTQIA communities and the intersections of many identities and experiences.
• Project HMONG
  Project HMONG’s purpose is to build a positive and supportive community of mentors and peers through mentoring and networking with support, guidance, and encouragement while promoting positive character development.
• Project Rebound
  Project Rebound assists students to prepare, apply, enroll, and graduate with a degree from Sacramento State. Project Rebound works to transform those who were formerly incarcerated into scholars through counseling, mentoring, academic resources, and career development.
• Serna Center
  The mission of the Serna Center is to promote, foster, and enhance leadership, empowerment, self-advocacy and civic engagement among Chicanxs/Latinxs students, but also, students from other under-represented backgrounds at Sacramento State.
• Student Athlete Resource Center (SARC)
  SARC staff help student-athletes navigate many campus procedures and policies, understand NCAA rules and eligibility requirements, and provide services that place student welfare and the development of the whole student as a top priority.
• Southwest Asian & North African Center (SWANA)
  The mission of the SWANA Center is to provide a place of belonging and inclusion within a safe and supportive environment that promotes student success, diversity, achievement, and a sense of home.
• U-Mentor
  “U” Mentor is a program that aims to promote student success through the avenue of mentorship. Once matched, students are able to actively communicate with their mentors and receive assistance with academic advising, career advising, and overall achievement of success.
• Veterans Success Center (VSC)
  The Veterans Success Center aids students in accessing their VA Education benefits, the timely certifying of those benefits, and completing the admission application process. The VSC also helps students find veteran-related resources, provides leadership opportunities, peer-to-peer mentorship, and support in transitioning into a meaningful career.
• Women’s Resource Center (WRC)
  The WRC cultivates a safe space where students can be empowered and affirmed. The center strives to provide the campus with programs that offer a platform for discussions with a feminist lens and a focus on current gender identity issues. The WRC seeks to empower students by providing programs and workshops to challenge sexism, socialized gender roles, and the patriarch.

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Additional Academic Support Centers

Academic Advising Center

The Academic Advising Center engages students in a developmental process that helps them clarify and implement individual educational plans consistent with their skills, interests, and values.

Schedule an appointment or learn more here: www.csus.edu/student-life/academic-advising

First Year Experience

The FYE Program works to improve retention and graduation rates of native students. It offers First Year Seminars and also provides a physical FYE Space to support all first year college students (with space to study, do group projects, or connect with a mentor).

More info here: www.csus.edu/undergraduate-studies/first-year-experience/

Reading & Writing Center

The Reading and Writing Center is where students can receive assistance in writing, revising and editing their own work. Support is offered both synchronously as well as asynchronously.

Schedule an appointment or learn more here: www.csus.edu/undergraduate-studies/writing-program/reading-writing-center.html

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Inclusive Excellence

Inclusive Excellence at Sacramento State is committed to fostering a campus environment that embraces, empowers, and elevates all Sac State community members. Their mission centers on fostering a campus culture where every student, faculty, staff, and community member feels a profound sense of belonging—being appreciated for their unique contributions, connected to colleagues, supported in daily work and career development, and proud of our institutional values. We strive to enhance student success, teaching, scholarship, creative activity, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, community involvement, and wellness.

Learn more about how the Inclusive Excellence engages our campus and supports our students, faculty, and staff here: www.csus.edu/president/inclusive-excellence/