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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