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More information may be found on the UCB Basics Needs website, the Berkeley Support Portal (for students, staff, & faculty), and the Dean of Students Well-Being website.

See also:

• Basic Needs Center Assistance Form: Best entry point for UC Berkeley students facing urgent challenges with access to adequate food, stable housing, financial resources, or other areas of basic needs.

• "Recalibrate" for Graduate/Professional Students, or

• "Recalibrate" for Undergraduate Students, or

• Black Lives Matter: Resources for Black and African-American students (UHS)

• Local Community Food, Childcare, and other Economic Assistance

for quick links to several urgent needs resources.

 

Mental Health

• Start here IF YOU ARE SUICIDAL, or Know Someone Who is Suicidal (Or, call 9-1-1, or UCPD Emergency at (510) 642-3333 from a cell phone if you are on or near campus).
• Urgent After Hours Assistance.
• Counseling services at UCB.

Urgent Medical Needs

• Urgent Care at the Tang Center (On Campus).
• Urgent After Hours Assistance (UHS); or call (510) 642-2000.
• Local Emergency and Urgent Care Centers (Off Campus).

Sexual Violence/Sexual Harassment

• Addressing Sexual Violence & Sexual Harassment: Get help, file a report, support a survivor, and more.
• PATH to Care Center: Affirming, empowering, and confidential support for survivors (24/7 Care Line: 510-643-2005).
• UHS: Sexual Assault and Rape: What to do if you are sexually assaulted, helping a friend, etc.

LGBTQ+/Gender Issues

• GenEq: I Need Assistance: UCB's Gender Equity Resource Center will help with coming out, gender transition, and more.

Emergency Food

• UC Berkeley Food Pantry: Emergency food and more.
• Other local food/food insecurity resources.

Emergency Cash

• Short-Term Emergency Loan: For UCB students.
• Emergency and Other Grants: For undocumented Dreamers.
• More information on all manner of finances, money, aid/scholarships, budgeting, etc. may be found on the Bears for Financial Success website.

Emergency Housing

• Short-Term Transitional Housing: For newly admitted undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, or visiting scholars.
• Other local housing/homelessness resources.
• The PATH to Care Center arranges immediate relocation post-sexual assault, as well as help with long-term safe housing.

Undocumented Support

• Legal Support at Cal: Appointments for students.
• Legal FAQ: Information on traveling, driver's license, background checks, and more.

Accommodations/Disabilities

• Disabled Students' Program Quick Guide: Extensive, student-maintained list of accommodations and many other UCB resources.
• Disability Access & Compliance: Report a barrier; Request communications accommodations; Request mobility access.

Back-Up Childcare

• Back-Up Childcare: Highly-subsidized in-home and center-based back-up child care for UC Berkeley student parents.

Academic Accommodations

• Academic Accommodations Hub: Information on Classroom climate; Academic integrity and honor code; Academic accommodations; Support resources; Conflict resolution and troubleshooting.

Disputes with the University

• Student Advocate’s Office: Free and confidential student service that can provide you with assistance in matters of student conduct, grade appeals, financial aid, and more.

Report an Incident

• Berkeley Diversity: Incident Reporting Forms: Report a specific incident or act of intolerance, hate, harassment or exclusion at any of the Berkeley campus or UC-systemwide resources listed here: hate incidents, grievances, whistle-blowing, discrimination, sexual violence, etc.