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Support & Resources

The Office of Equity (OE) offers a variety of supportive measures to ensure all members of the CU Denver and CU Anschutz community have access to a safe and nondiscriminatory environment. The OE considers the needs of all involved parties; providing resources for individuals who have experienced behavior prohibited under applicable policies (reporting party/complainant) and those accused of prohibited conduct (responding party).

Regardless of the party's role on campus, we coordinate with offices across campus to help individuals remain in school or at work. The OE is equipped to provide assistance through our office and/or through other offices on and off campus.

CARE (Campus Assessment, Response, and Evaluation) Team

The CARE Team provides a preventative approach to risk assessment by offering resources, referrals, and support to both concerning individuals and those impacted by their behavior.

CU Denver Campus
- Phone: 303.315.7306
CU Anschutz Campus
- Phone: 303.724.8488
CARE Team Dual-Campus Email: shareaconcern@ucdenver.edu

Colorado Crisis Services*

Colorado Crisis Services provides free mental health, substance use or emotional help for yourself or someone you know. They provide confidential and immediate support, 24/7/365.

Phone: 1.844.493.TALK
Text: TALK to 38255

Office of Case Management

The Office of Case Management services include; providing intervention, advocacy, resources and referrals for CU Denver Students.

CU Denver Campus--Office of Case Management
- Phone: 303.315.7306
- Location: Tivoli Student Union, Room 309
CU Anschutz Campus--Office of Case Management
- Phone: 303.724.8488
- Location: Education 2 North, Room 3200

The Ombuds Office*

The Ombuds Office is an independent resource, which will provide informal, confidential, and neutral services to members of the university community in resolving conflicts, complaints, and disputes.

CU Denver Campus
- Phone: 303.315.0046
- Location: Lawrence Street Center, Room 1003
CU Anschutz Campus
- Phone: 303.724.2950
- Location: Fitzsimons Building, Room 7005C

The Phoenix Center at Auraria | Anschutz*

The Phoenix Center at Auraria and the Phoenix Center at Anschutz (PCAs) provide free and confidential advocacy to survivors of interpersonal violence and their families and friends.

The Phoenix Center at Auraria
- Phone: 303.315.7250
- Location: Tivoli Student Union, Room 227

The Phoenix Center at Anschutz
- Phone: 303.724.9120
- Location: Education 2 North, Room 3101

24/7 Helpline: 303.556.2255 (both campuses)

The Real Help Hotline*

The Real Help Hotline gives you access to professional counselors who can offer assistance finding local resources or provide immediate crisis counseling. It's a free and confidential service available 24/7. The service is available to all employees.

Phone: 833.533.2428

Note*: Confidential resources are identified by an asterisk

Auraria Police Department

Phone: 303.556.5000
Text-a-Tip: 720.593.TIPS (8477)
Location: Administrative Building, Room 110

CU Denver Student and Community Counseling Center*

The CU Denver Student and Community Counseling Center provides mental health counseling services to CU Denver students.

Phone: 303.315.7270
Location: Tivoli Student Union, Room 454

International Student & Scholar Services

The International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) provides immigration services/advising, programming & advocacy to international students and scholars.

Phone: 303.315.2230
Location: Lawrence Street Center, Room 932

LGBTQ Student Resource Center

Serves to support Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender students by fostering acceptance and understanding through campus education on issues related to this population.

Phone: 303.615.0515
Location: Tivoli Student Union, Room 213

Student Conduct and Community Standards

The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards serves as a resource to the entire University community through its efforts to meet the developmental and educational needs of students related to community expectations, civility and respect for self and others. They function to support community members with conflict management and resolution, and responding to inappropriate and threatening behaviors.

Phone: 303.315.7311
Location: Tivoli Student Union, Room 309

Women and Gender Center

The Women and Gender Center (WGC) at CU Denver is committed to advancing issues of gender equity and supporting the gender-focused needs of students, faculty, and staff on the Auraria campus.

Phone: 303.315.7262
Location: Tivoli Student Union, Room 310

Note*: Confidential resources are identified by an asterisk.

Anschutz Police Department

Phone: 303.724.4444
Location: Building 407, 12454 E. 19th Place

Faculty and Staff Mental Health*

The mission of the Faculty and Staff Mental Health Clinic is to provide CU Anschutz faculty and staff with comprehensive and confidential mental health services that are readily and easily accessible. This dedicated clinic for faculty and staff improves access to mental health care by providing a convenient entry point of care.

Phone: 303.724.4987
Location: Fitzsimons Building

Office of Campus Student Services

The Office of Campus Student Services’ mission is to enhance student life at the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado Denver by providing excellence in specific non-academic and academic student services.

Phone: 303.724.2866
Location: Education II North, 3rd Floor, Room 3200

Office of Professional Excellence

The CU Anschutz Office of Professionalism provides a resource to obtain a fair and equitable process and resolution for all matters pertaining to professionalism concerns regarding students, residents, fellows, staff members, and faculty in any school or college on the Anschutz Medical Campus.

Phone: 303.724.4776
Location: Fitzsimons Building, 1st floor

Student and Resident Mental Health Clinical Team*

CU Anschutz provides comprehensive and confidential mental health services for all students enrolled in the schools located at the Anschutz Medical Campus, as well as Graduate Medical Education (GME) residents and fellows (including Denver Health residents and fellows).

Phone: 303.724.4716
Location: Fitzsimons Building, Level 2

For acute crisis care after-hours, on weekends or during holidays call 1.844.8255, or text “TALK” to 38255.

Note*: Confidential resources are identified by an asterisk.

Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies

Phone: 303.894.2997

Colorado Civil Rights Division

Phone: 303.894.2997

U.S. Department of Education (DOE) - Office for Civil Rights

Phone: 303.844.2024

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

Phone: 202.514.2000

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Phone: 303.866.1300

Supportive and Safety Measures

Whether or not the person who engaged in the alleged prohibited behavior against you is part of the CU Denver and/or CU Anschutz community, we are here to help you.

Our office will work with you through the initial intake to discuss the available supportive measures and to address any safety concerns, with the hope that you will be able to continue your academic pursuits, or employment (if you choose to) with as little interruption as possible.

We will consider any requests and make the determination as to whether or not the request is reasonable, and whether or not the University is able to accommodate the request considering the individual circumstances. In cases where serious or imminent threat to you or the campus community exists, we may consider taking actions such as building, location, or campus exclusions.

You do not need to initiate a formal complaint or participate in an investigation to access our supportive measures. However, if the information you share with us leads us to believe that others may be in immediate danger, we may be obligated by law to move forward with an investigation, with or without your participation. In these rare cases, we will work with you and notify you when we are obligated to move forward and will continue to inform you of the steps moving forward.

If the person you are reporting is not a CU student, faculty, or staff member (or you aren’t sure), we can still help you. If you need support around missed classes, late assignments, time off from work, or other campus related needs to help you feel safe moving forward, we want to help.

What are Supportive and Safety Measures?

Supportive and safety measures refer to non-disciplinary, non-punitive individualized services offered as appropriate, as reasonably available, and without fee or charge to the complainant or the respondent that are designed to restore or preserve equal access to the University’s education program or activity without unreasonably burdening the other party, including measures designed to protect the safety of all parties or the University’s educational or work environment, or deter misconduct. These include measures designed to address the well-being and continued access to educational opportunities or employment and ensure the safety of the parties and/or community.

Some examples of supportive and safety measures include:

Academic support measures (arranging for a party to retake a course, excuse related absences, request extensions on assignments or exams, change sections or withdraw from a class without penalty)
Accessing medical services
Accessing counseling services
Employment modifications
Safety escorts
No-contact orders enforced by the University
Discussing options for obtaining criminal or civil protection or restraining orders
Residential relocations in CU Denver Housing and Dining and/or offering resources for housing off-campus
Changes to, or interim exclusion from, classes
Interim exclusion orders (for parts of or entire campus)
Interim student suspension
Administrative leave for employees in consultation with Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources or designee and appointing/disciplinary authority
Temporary suspension of supervisory or evaluative authority for employees in consultation with Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources and appointing/disciplinary authority

Office of Equity

CU Denver

Lawrence Street Center

1380 Lawrence Street

Denver, CO 80204

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Aurora, CO 80045

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