Campus Assessment & Stabilization Team (CAST)
Mobile mental health team supporting the Long Beach community with a humanistic response to urgent matters at CSULB.
Who is CAST
CAST is a team of mobile mental health professionals, in collaboration with law enforcement, responding to crisis and urgent needs of the CSULB campus and surrounding community with a humanistic and trauma-informed approach.
CAST Services
CSULB has made mental health a campus-wide focus and priority. CAST will support students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community experiencing a mental health and/or behavioral health crisis.
CAST Goals With Outreach
- Reduction in voluntary/involuntary psychiatric hospitalization
- Reduction in use of force during a crisis situation
- Link participant to at least one support resource
How CAST Supports
CAST will effectively engage individuals, triage their needs, and link them to on and off campus resources through community partnerships. CAST can support with the following:
- Emergency/Crisis Calls
- Referrals
- Conducting Welfare Checks
- Outreach and Educational Activities
Ways We Support
CAST looks at all resources on and off campus to support the needs of each member of our Long Beach community. On Campus services:
- Alcohol & Drug Support Services
- Basic Needs Services (Meal Assistance, Emergency Housing, Emergency Aid)
- BMAC / Disability Services
- Campus Assessment, Response, and Evaluation for Students (CARES)
- Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Domestic Violence Services
- Eating Disorder Services
- Employment Services
- LGBTQ Services
- Student Health Services
- Title IX
