NAMI Santa Cruz 
NAMI Santa Cruz County provides free mental health support groups, education programs, and advocacy services for individuals and families affected by mental illness. They work to reduce stigma and improve access to effective mental health treatment in Santa Cruz.

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.