Help Yourself Campaign @ UCM Library

As part of the UCM Office of Health Promotion, the Care To Act approach supports each campus community member in making a positive difference on our campus in these four areas: Interpersonal violence Substance misuse Bias and discrimination Mental well-being/suicidality These concerns affect the well-being and safety of everyone.

How does the Care to Act program work?

Care To Act includes these primary components:

1. Overview for students: the online  overview course
2. Conversations that build community: facilitated, in-person group conversations that focus on how to be engaged and caring community members
3. Network creation and expansion: purposeful connection with existing campus programs and services that support and promote a community of care

For more information, contact Tori Wilson, Care To Act Coordinator, at towlison@ucmo.edu.  

Resources from UCM Counseling Center 

Part of Campus Community Health at UCM, the Counseling Center offers a variety of free services to enrolled students, and is a safe place to work through any concerns you have about school, relationships, your job, or any other part of your life.

For more information about walk-in appointments, counseling for individuals, relationship counseling, group therapy, workshops, and more, visit the Counseling Center's page or visit in-person in the Humphreys Building, Room 131.

Suicide Prevention and Other Mental Health Resources

If you think a student is in IMMEDIATE danger of attempting suicide, call 911, or UCM Public Safety at 660-543-4123, or take the person to the nearest Emergency Department (in Warrensburg that's Western Missouri Medical Center, 403 Burkarth Rd.

If you believe a student may possibly be suicidal, share that information with one of the following people or offices:

• Corey Bowman, Associate Vice President for Student Experience and Engagement, at 660-543-4114 or Administration Building, Suite 214
• Counseling Center at 660-543-4060 or Humphreys Building, Suite 131
• Public Safety at 660-543-4123 or 306 Broad Street (24 hours, 7 days a week)
• A readily available university employee, such as Housing staff, a faculty member, student organization advisor, or any other University employee with whom you are familiar
• You can also call 988, the national Suicide & Crisis Line.

On-Campus Mental Health Resources

• Anonymous reporting - Use this form to anonymously let the Student Experience and Engagement office know about unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat of such activities.
• Ask.Listen.Refer. - This easy to use program was designed to help faculty, staff, and students at UCM prevent suicide by teaching you to identify people at risk for suicide; recognize the risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs of suicide; and respond to and get help for people at risk.
• Title IX/Sex Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct
• 24-Hour Title IX Support Line: 660-441-4855
• University Health Center:  660-543-4770, 600 S. College Ave. 
• Office of Health Promotion: 660-543-8947, 600 S. College Ave. (inside the University Health Center)
• Office of Accessibility Services: 660-543-4421, Elliot Union 224

Crisis Phone and Text Lines

If this is a crisis, call or text one of these:

• UCM Crisis Support Line (24/7) - 660-543-8008
• UCM Public Safety - call 660-543-4123, text 660-422-2632, or visit 306 Broad Street in Warrensburg
• Compass Health Network Crisis Hotline - 1-888-237-4567
• National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - call 988 or text any message to 988
• National Crisis Text Line - text HOME to 741741
• Trans Lifeline - 1-877-565-8860
• The Trevor Project, LGBTQ Youth & Young Adults - 1-866-488-7386
• Trevor Project (LGBTQ) Text Line – Text START to 678-678
• The Steve Fund - supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color
• Black Emotional + Mental Health Collective (BEAM) – 1-800-604-5841
• Veterans Crisis Line – 1-800-273-8255 + press 1
• Veterans Crisis Text Line – Text 838255 
• Disaster Distress Helpline (DDH), Multilingual, crisis support related to natural or human-caused disasters -  1-800-985-5990

Watch Well Cast. 2013.  "​Stress Management Strategies: Ways to Unwind." Accessed from Youtube on February 17, 2023.

Check out the Mindfulness page to learn about mindful stress management practices.