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Campus Safety and Support

Confidential Resources

  • Student Advocacy Resource Center

    SARC provides support for students impacted by identity-based harm. If a student has experienced dating/domestic violence, sexual violence, harassment, discrimination, or bias, SARC can offer support through advocacy and resource navigation..

    SARC also provides support to students who are “secondary survivors,” meaning friends, roommates, partners, or family members of someone who has experienced identity-based harm.

    SARC services are free and confidential. SARC staff will not share any information that students share with us unless given express, written permission. The only exceptions to this are if there are safety concerns involving intent to harm self or others or incidents of child abuse. In these rare circumstances SARC will be transparent and honest about any safety concerns and potential obligations to take action.

  • Curry Counseling
    Curry Counseling provide a confidential and inclusive environment to address the personal, behavioral, and mental health needs of all 91短视频 (UM) and Missoula College students. Curry Counseling's focus is on the concerns and goals of our diverse community.
  • Curry Health Center
    Curry Health Center is home to Medical, Dental, Counseling, SARC, and Wellbeing.  We are here to serve students health needs and help them succeed academically.  Our services help to keep students in school, help them to live balanced lives, and help them proceed into the world with good health and good tools to be healthy individuals.

Campus Resources

  • Bear Neccessities
    The ASUM Bear Necessities agency supports students experiencing basic needs insecurity, closes gaps in resources for students, and advocates for change to prevent future need.
  • CARES Team
    The Coordination, Assessment, Response, Education, and Support Team is a campus-wide team of appointed professionals responsible for identifying, assessing, and responding to serious concerns and/or disruptive behaviors by students who may threaten the health or safety of the campus community. This team was formerly known as the Behavioral Intervention Team.
  • Equal Opportunity and Title IX
    CRP Office is responsible for administering UM’s Discrimination, Harassment, & Retaliation Policy and accompanying Grievance Procedures. The CRP Office is available to meet with individuals who have experienced protected-class misconduct to coordinate supportive measures and discuss resolution options.
  • Office for Community Standards
    The Student Conduct program within the Office for Community Standards is committed to an educational and developmental process that balances the interest of individual students in consideration of the University community.
  • Office for Disability Equity (ODE)
    The Office for Disability Equity (ODE) is the campus resource for disability-related information. We provide consultation, training, and academic services to advance accessibility and inclusion by taking an intersectional approach to disability. We commit to reducing the need for separate accommodations by embracing more inclusive strategies and by providing training and support for campus offices on all things disability.
  • UM Police Department (UMPD)
    Law enforcement officers are always available 24 hours a day to respond to emergency and non-emergency calls about sexual misconduct. In cases of sexual assault, officers can explain the options for medical exams, counseling, advocacy, and the processes for reporting assaults as crimes. Officers will ask if survivors want advocates present to help them through the proceedings.

Community Resources

  • First STEP Resource Center offers specially trained nurses or nurse practitioners who will meet clients/assault victims at a private, safe clinic. First STEP provides a comprehensive medical assessment, evidence collection, lab tests, and medication as needed, and education and information. First STEP provides on-site access to community advocates and law enforcement as requested.
  • love is respect is the national resource to disrupt and prevent unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence by empowering young people through inclusive and equitable education, support, and resources.
  • The Missoula Crime Victim Advocate Program provides free and confidential assistance to victims of sexual assault by offering advocacy and resource information in civil and criminal matters such as civil no-contact orders. They do so outside of Missoula as well. They can provide you with crisis counseling, emotional support, and guidance, and can explain the court process and help you with your case.
  • Text "START" to 88788 or call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
  • RAINN is committed to supporting survivors of sexual violence, cultivating communities of anti-sexual violence activism, and promoting policies that deliver justice and hold perpetrators accountable.
  • In the Bitterroot, SAFE's outreach and advocacy program include a 24-hour crisis hotline, available for survivors and other community members who wish to get more information about domestic violence and community resources.

  • The YWCA Missoula's Pathways program offers safe shelter, crisis counseling, and support for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. They can provide emergency shelter, walk-in peer counseling, support groups, and legal, personal, and medical advocacy.

    YWCA 24 Hr Support Line: 406-542-1944