Santa Cruz Resources
NAMI Santa Cruz
NAMI Santa Cruz County offers practical experience, support, education, comfort and understanding to anyone concerned about mental illnesses and their treatment. In addition, they work with public and private organizations to increase knowledge of effective ways of treating the illnesses while advocating for improved services for individuals with mental illness.
The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz
The Diversity Center was founded in 1989 as the Santa Cruz Lesbian and Gay Community Center to advance the causes and priorities of the lesbian and gay community in Santa Cruz County. Over the years, the Center has grown in scope, budget, and staff, and now serves the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) community of Santa Cruz County. They offer a wide variety of programs and training to support teens, families, and schools on issues of gender, sexuality, acceptance, and overcoming discrimination.
Mental Health Client Action Network of Santa Cruz County
The Mental Health Client Action Network is a peer-run organization dedicated to: provide mutual support and networking, have a voice in all matters which affect us, create programs controlled by peers advocate for the right to choose our own life paths, to educate the public from our own perspective, to work to eradicate treatment disparities and confront discrimination.
Survivors Healing Center
Survivors Healing Center offers group therapy to survivors of childhood sexual abuse. They help empower men and women through a therapeutic healing process and work to prevent sexual abuse of children in our community through outreach and education.
Family Service Agency of the Central Coast Suicide Prevention Service
*24 hour toll-free Suicide Crisis Line:
1-877-ONE-LIFE / 1-877-663-5433*
If you are a resident of Monterey, Santa Cruz, or San Benito Counties, you can call the 24-hour toll free, multilingual suicide crisis line. Callers will talk to someone who is compassionate, supportive, and accepting of anyone experiencing suicidal thoughts or a general life crisis. In addition to the confidential suicide crisis line, you can call the administrative line at (831) 459-9373 to arrange for community education, set up trainings for service providers, or learn about bereavement support for someone who has lost a loved one to suicide.