Serving all UNC-CH students, faculty, and staff, the Core provides consultation and education on peer support principles and evidence, training and implementation assistance, and leadership for the Carolina Peer Support Collaborative and the LSN peer support program (currently on hiatus).
Resources
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UNC-CH Peer Support Core
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Mental Health Advocacy, Peer support facilitated by employeesMental Health Needs: Get InvolvedOrganization: UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: All employees, All students, Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campus, Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-doctoral Fellow, Staff, Temporary employee, Undergraduate StudentsWebsite: https://peersforprogress.org/home/who-we-are/peer-support-core/
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University Compliance Office
The University Compliance Office (UCO) assists the University community with disability, pregnancy and religious accommodation requests, including auxiliary aids and services. UCO also serves as a resource for those impacted by discrimination and harassment, including sexual and gender-based violence.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Discrimination, Get Involved, Interpersonal/intimate partner violenceOrganization: UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campusWebsite: https://compliance.unc.edu/
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University Ombuds Office
The Ombuds Office is a confidential, impartial, informal, and independent resource providing space to talk openly and explore options concerning any Carolina-related challenge while remaining in control of next steps.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Overall well-beingOrganization: UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campusWebsite: https://ombuds.unc.edu/
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Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services
Education and prevention programming, as well as free, confidential support and services for students, employees, and post-doctoral scholars impacted by harassment, sexual misconduct, interpersonal violence, hazing and stalking.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few DaysCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Crisis, Hazing, Interpersonal/intimate partner violence, TraumaOrganization: Student Affairs, UNC Department or SchoolCampus Affiliation: Anyone affiliated with UNC’s campus -
We Wear The Mask
Works to end the stigma of mental illness in minority communities and create safe spaces centering the African-American population.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: No charge for anyoneIdentities: Black experiencesCategories: Community Building, Identity-based support, Mental Health Advocacy, Peer support facilitated by students, Skills and Wellness Program, Support and AssistanceMental Health Needs: Get Involved, Overall well-beingOrganization: Student OrganizationCampus Affiliation: All studentsWebsite: https://heellife.unc.edu/organization/wewear_themask
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Write-on
Practice 5 therapeutic writing types (your writing is private and not shared within the group) with time to think, breathe, write, analyze your own writing, and share.
Typically, this group recruits new members at the beginning of the semester. If that time has passed, you can still ask and express interest.
Urgency/Wait Times: Within a Few WeeksCosts: Already paid through student feesIdentities: All identities welcomeCategories: Peer support facilitated by employees, Professional Clinical Care, Skills and Wellness ProgramMental Health Needs: Anxiety, DepressionOrganization: CAPS Group, Student AffairsCampus Affiliation: All students, Post-doctoral Fellow
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