Crisis Resources - Draft
If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911 or contact University Police at 562-985-4101.
Talk to Someone Now
Text BEACH to 741741
Free confidential mental health support is available anytime to students, faculty, and staff.
When you text BEACH to 741741, you'll connect with a trained crisis counselor who will listen, help you sort through what you're experiencing, and support you in finding next steps.
Available: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Cost: Free
Who Can Use It: Students, faculty, and staff
Languages: English and Spanish
100% Confidential: Your conversation is private
You can share as much or as little as you’d like. Crisis counselors respond with empathy and help you work through difficult moments at your own pace.
Counseling & Psychological Services
Call 562-985-4001 to talk with a crisis counselor right now.
Available: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Cost: Free
Who Can Use It: Students
100% Confidential: Your conversation is private
Report a Concern or Get Campus Support
Crisis Assistance & Resource Education Support (CARES)
The CARES Team coordinates campus support for students navigated challenges to help them stay on track academically and personally offering advocacy, referrals, and case management. Your referral will be assessed by a case manager who will connect with the student and follow up with you.
Campus Assessment & Stabilization Team (CAST)
Call CAST - our mobile crisis team at 562-985-4101
CAST is a team of mobile mental health professionals, in collaboration with the University Police Department, responding to crisis and urgent needs of the CSULB campus and surrounding community with a humanistic and trauma-informed approach. Call 562-985-4101 and a dispatcher will assess the needs and initiate CAST as appropriate.
