"CAPS is staffed by clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, registered nurses, doctoral interns, and postdoctoral fellows. While all of our staff are familiar with issues affecting university students and are trained in and motivated to provide services from a place of multicultural humility, some of our staff have special focus areas and additional training around addressing particular issues and working with specific student populations. (See our "Meet Our Staff" page for more information.) CAPS provides UCSC students with a wide rage of mental health services, including group counseling, workshops, crisis assessment and intervention, referral services, and brief individual and couples counseling. We also provide preventative outreach and consultation services to the UCSC community. Counseling services are confidential and free of charge to all registered UCSC students." ~

"Engaging Education (e²) is a Student-Initiated Outreach and Retention Center for student engagement and academic excellence. It is a supportive and dynamic space for programming that addresses the low rates of recruitment, retention and graduation that historically under resourced communities face within higher education. To build a foundation for students to grow and engage in grassroots organizing, student activism, community building both inside and outside the university and understanding of legacies of social justice struggles. e² partners with the University of California community to provide a purposeful, transformative and relevant educational experience for all students." ~