The campus advocates through Crisis Support Services of Nevada support victims of interpersonal violence in a confidential and discreet manner.
A campus advocate can help the student, faculty or staff know their rights while providing professional, sincere and empowering advocacy. Victims are cared for and have their needs and concerns addressed in the midst of their crisis.
Campus Victim Advocate Number
Campus Victim Advocate Email
What Supports are available to Northern Nevada students?
Navigating campus life can be a challenge. Compound that with being a victim of interpersonal violence on a college campus and the world may feel unbalanced, especially when your future hopes and dreams lay in the education you have set your sights on for so long. We are here to help address any of your concerns or fears.
Our goal is to proudly serve individuals of any form of sexual assault and/or interpersonal violence who have been victimized acutely (within the last 48 hours), recently (within the last year), or historically (over one year or from childhood). We will meet with you to provide you with the best possible resources and support.
Our trained campus advocates are confidential and discrete and provide free support. We will meet with you in our offices on campus or in a discrete public location to provide you with options available to you. We are committed to providing the most professional, sincere and empowering advocacy to you possible whether you are staff, faculty, or student.
How Can a Campus Advocate Help Me?
Our campus advocates provide free, confidential support to any member of the college community who has been a victim of interpersonal violence. The services we provide include:
- Immediate crisis intervention
- Accompaniment to the hospital or police interview if desired
- Safety planning
- Personal advocacy – assistance with your boss, landlord, professor, etc.
- Emotional support
- Appropriate counseling referrals
- Assistance in filing victim compensation applications
- Information on available campus and criminal justice support and processes
- Private and confidential consultation to address any immediate or past concerns
Additional Resources for Students
A national resource for victims of campus sexual assault.
Offers individual counseling, group therapy, walk-in consultation, and outreach activities.
Dedicated to helping victims, survivors, and secondary victims of sexual assault, domestic and relationship violence and stalking. Call 1-702-895-0602 for help.
Committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all genders through programming, services, and confidential advocacy for the UNLV Community.
Designed to reduce sexual and other forms of interpersonal violence perpetration and victimization.
Aimed at reducing bullying, peer victimization, and other types of interpersonal violence.
Focuses on developing and expanding outreach and education regarding interpersonal violence to students, faculty and staff across the UNR campus.