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The start of a new school year is always stressful, and not everything will always go as planned. There are many resources in the Worcester area that students can utilize, should they need attention or assistance of any kind.

GENERAL HELP

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  800-273-8255
• Planned Parenthood
  Central Massachusetts Health Center of Worcester
  470 Pleasant St., Worcester
  800-258-4448
• Rape Crisis Centers
  Wayside Trauma Intervention Services/Valley Rape Crisis Program
  10 Asylum St., Milford
  Hotline: 800-511-5070
  Office: 508-478-6888
• Pathways for Change
  588 Main St., Worcester
  Hotline: 800-870-5905
  Office: 508-852-7600
• Worcester Free Clinic Coalitions
  worcesterfreeclinics@gmail.com
  worcesterfreeclinics.org

ON CAMPUS

• Anna Maria
  Public Safety: 508-494-9010
  Health Services: 508-849-3315
  Counseling Services: 508-849-3315
• Assumption College
  Public Safety: 508-767-7225
  Health Services: 508-767-7329
  Counseling Services: 508-767-7409
• Becker College
  Public Safety: 508-373-9559
  Health Services: 774-354-0471
  Counseling Services: 508-373-9544
• Clark University
  Public Safety: 508-793-7598
  Health Services: 508-793-7467
  Counseling Services: 508-793-7678
• College of the Holy Cross
  Public Safety: 508-793-2224
  Health Services: 508-793-2276
  Counseling Services: 508-793-3363
• Fitchburg State
  Public Safety: 978-665-3111
  Health Services: 978-665-3643
  Counseling Services: 978-665-3152
• MCPHS University
  Public Safety: 508-373-5800
  Counseling Services: 508-373-5646
• Quinsigamond Community College
  Public Safety: 508-854-4221
  Counseling Services: 508-854-4479
• UMass Medical School
  Public Safety: 508-856-3296
  Health Services: 508-334-2818.
  Counseling Services: 508-856-3220
• Worcester State
  Public Safety: 508-929-8911
  Health Services: 508-929-8875
  Counseling Services: 508-929-8072
• WPI
  Public Safety: 508-831-5433
  Health Services: 508-831-5520
  Counseling Services: 508-831-5540

COLLEGE SERVICES

• Bottom Line
  40 Southbridge St., Suite 500, Worcester
  508-757-3400
• Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts (HECCMA)
  11 Norwich St., Worcester
  508-755-9400

WORCESTER AREA LGBTQ AGENCIES

• The Learning Hub
  Worcester, MA
  www.learningathub.com
  contact@learningathub.com
• Safe Homes
  Support & Drop-in Center for LGBTQ people, ages 14-23
  Laura Farnsworth, Program Manager
• The Bridge
  4 Mann St., Worcester, MA
  508-755-0333
  www.safehomesma.org
  safehomes@thebridgecm.org
• SWAGLY
  Provides safe space for LGBTQIA+ youth and straight allies to socialize, learn and share.
  51 Union St., Suite 306, Worcester
  508-755-0005
  director@swagly.org
• Worcester Gay Professionals Networking Group
  Third Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m.
  worcestergayprofessionals@gmail.com

WORCESTER COLLEGE’S GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCES (GSA)

• Assumption College
  508-767-7275
  mcarlson@assumption.edu
• Becker College
  Sandy Lashin-Curewitz, Interactive Media Communications Director
  508-373-9529
  sandy.curewitz@becker.edu
• Clark University
  Clark University OPEN
  clarkuopen@gmail.com
  adaly@Clarku.edu
• College of the Holy Cross
  Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Support Group
  Megan Fox-Kelly
  mfox@holycross.edu
  508-793-3899
  All Holy Cross students are welcome in the chaplain’s office.
• Fitchburg State
  Ash Stone
  astone8@student.fitchburgstate.edu
• MCPHS University
  Gay Straight Alliance
  Kyla Pacheco, MS Career Advisor, Center for Professional Career Development
  kyla.pacheco@mcphs.edu
• Quinsigamond Community College
  Gaelan Benway, Professor of Sociology, Room 424A
  508-854-4339
  gbenway@qcc.mass.edu
• UMass Medical School
  QMass Student Group
  QMass@umassmed.edu
  LGBTQ Committee Co-Chairperson Joyce Rosenfeld, MD
  Joyce.Rosenfeld@umassmemorial.org
• Worcester State
  Calvin Hill, Ph. D, Office of Diversity
  508-929-8117 or 508-929-8784
  calvin.hill@worcester.edu
  Staff assistant: rmarcin@worcester.edu
• WPI
  Cristina Picozzi, Assistant Director of Annual Giving
  508-831-6072
  cpicozzi@wpi.edu

HOSPITALS

• Clinton Hospital
  201 Highland St., Clinton
  508-368-3000
• Harrington Hospital
  100 South St., Southbridge
  508-765-9771
• Hubbard Hospital
  340 Thompson Road, Webster
  508-943-2600
• St. Vincent Hospital
  123 Summer St., Worcester
  508-363-5000
• UMass Memorial Medical Center
  Hahnemann Campus: 281 Lincoln St., Worcester
  Memorial Campus: 119 Belmont St., Worcester
  University Campus: 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester
  508-334-1000