SSCM
Concerned about a student?
Mission
Student Support & Case Management (SSCM) assists students to reduce the adverse impact of challenging situations through connection with campus partners, community resources and support systems, encouraging success through individualized planning.
What we do
SSCMprovides individualized support for students throughout their college career. SSCM takes a holistic, non-clinical case management approach to help students address a myriad of needs or personal life events that may impact their educational career. A case manager supports a student facilitatingconnections and navigatingthe resources and services available to them whether on campus or in the community. Our office assists students’ mental health, emotional wellbeingand safety by providing outreach, resourcesand referrals.
What is Case Management?
Case management is a solution-focused approach to assisting students with a wide variety of needs. SSCM is not counseling or therapy; rather, our case managers have the opportunity to develop close helping relationships with students while coaching them toward appropriate self-care and self-advocacy. Families, faculty, staffand other community members can be assured when a student is referred to SSCM that we attempt to assist in supporting each student with individualized care and attention.
Learn more
Family members are often in a position to identify when their student is in distress and may be the first point of contact for advice or support. If you are concerned about your student, here are a few things you can do to support them.
Faculty and staff can be the first people to notice when a student is going through a tough time.If this is the case,SSCMis available to provide individualized support to students.
Student Support Emergency Fund
Need financial assistance? The Student Support Emergency Fund (SSEF) is a stipend that can assist students during unanticipated events that might cause the student to pause or stop their educational goals.Eligible students must be experiencing emergency circumstances, unanticipated circumstances or have a clear financial need for the stipend. Every situation is considered on a case-by-case basis.
Call 911 if there is an emergency or imminent threat.
Student Support & Case Management is not an emergency service.
The case manager and SSCM play a secondary role in emergency situations and should only be contacted after contacting emergency response personnel.
Student Support & Case Management is a non-confidential service. If you disclose that you or someone else has been impacted by sexual misconduct, protected-class discrimination or harassment, intimate partner violence, stalkingor related retaliation, we are required to share that information to the CU Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance (OIEC) for outreach regarding support and reporting options. You are not required to respond to OIEC. If you are in need of support, OIEC provides a list of resources, including confidential assistance. If you have questions before you want to submit this type of information, please contact the confidential Office of Victim Assistance (OVA).
Additionally, please note that the university takes disclosures around threat of harm to self or others seriously and when information of this nature is received, it will be shared with the appropriate offices to offer additional support and resources.