If you are feeling suicidal
Call/ Text/ Chat 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Help is available 24hrs a day.
There are multiple ways a student survivor can request SARC services:
Come to our office, located in the Curry Health Center (east entrance), Room 112. We see students between 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday, during Fall and Spring semesters. Call or email to make an appointment. We also have “Walk-in Hours” from 12-3pm, Monday – Friday, if a student would like to speak with someone immediately, without an appointment.
Call our office line, (406) 243-4429, to schedule an appointment &/or request remote/telehealth (Zoom) services. Send an email to sarc@mso.umt.edu for more information.
SARC partners with the Missoula YWCA to offer student survivors access to 24/7 support. To speak with a local advocate please call the Missoula YWCA crisis line at 406-542-1944.
Advocacy
SARC Advocates provide free, confidential support to students who have experienced identity-based harm. This includes: dating/domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, discrimination, or bias.
SARC Advocates also provide support to Secondary Survivors. This means students who are friends, partners, or family members of those who experience identity-based harm.
SARC operates from a survivor-centered, trauma-informed approach, which means we promote safety, empowerment, and healing. We believe each survivor is the expert of their own experience. We will provide choice at all times and follow the lead of the survivors we are supporting.
What do We Mean by Advocacy?
Advocacy includes things like safety planning, academic support, accompaniment (going with a student to a meeting or appointment), resource navigation, and referral services.
Please reach out if you have any questions about what a SARC advocate can do to support you!
What can I expect from a SARC Advocate?
- Someone to listen to you, without judgment
- Someone who believes you
- Someone who knows options, resources and supports available to you
- Someone who will empower you to make the best decisions for yourself
- Someone who can provide information for secondary survivors (friends, family, faculty & staff)