Student Resources

Campus Resources

Organizations on campus that center around cultural, historical, spiritual, and gender diversity. All allies, affiliates, and supporters are welcome.

  • Bias Reporting – provides support, education and assessment, upholding the values of diversity, equity and inclusion
  • CSU Health Network– contains medical, dental, counseling offices, as well as, a pharmacy and lab.
  • Counseling Services – offers therapeutic support within the CSU Health Network
  • Occupational Therapy – offers life skills support; contact andrea.fortney@colostate.edu for referral process
  • RamRide – operates safe rides for CSU students
  • Rams Against Hunger– provides emergency food relief for students experiencing food insecurity
  • Student Disability Center– offers academic accommodations for those that have physical, mental, or learning disabilities
  • You@CSU – connects students with campus resources and other online educational tools

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – provides food assistance benefits to help low-income households purchase food. Apply for benefits using the CSU Case Management office by clicking on “Schedule and appointment” at the bottom of the page

Community Resources

  • Food Bank for Larimer County
  • Food Pantries around Fort Collins
  • Fort Collins Rescue Mission  – Fort Collins Rescue Mission is a Christian based ministry that serves homeless men and women by providing shelter, meals, spiritual guidance, and life changing programs. Fort Collins Rescue Mission operates under the umbrella of Denver Rescue Mission, which has been serving the homeless and poor in Colorado since 1892.
  • Homeward Alliance – Homeward Alliance’s mission is to provide homeless men, women and children with the supplies that they need to survive on the streets and the support and companionship that they need to navigate the path from homelessness to self-sufficiency. To be clear, this program serves every stage of homelessness whether it be a person living on the street, couch surfing, and a person close to losing their home.
  • FOCO Café – FOCO Café is a non-profit restaurant that offers healthy and delicious meals to all people on a donation basis. If you can give more, please pay it forward. If you have a little less, pay what you can. Pay what you would normally pay or If your pockets are empty, pay with your time and talent in exchange for a mouth-watering meal
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) – provides food assistance benefits to help low-income households purchase food. Apply for benefits using the CSU Case Management office by clicking on “Schedule and appointment” at the bottom of the page.
  • Vindeket Foods is a non-profit food rescue providing a no-cost local market
  • Homeward Alliance – Homeward Alliance’s mission is to provide homeless men, women and children with the supplies that they need to survive on the streets and the support and companionship that they need to navigate the path from homelessness to self-sufficiency. To be clear, this program serves every stage of homelessness whether it be a person living on the street, couch surfing, and a person close to losing their home.
  • Chair Table Home – is an organization that donates gently used household items to the community, which mostly during the summer months. Items include housewares, furniture, and other items that are donated by students as they move out in the spring. Please contact susan@chairtablehome.com if you want to know more about this resource.
  • Fort Collins Rescue Mission  – Fort Collins Rescue Mission is a Christian based ministry that serves homeless men and women by providing shelter, meals, spiritual guidance, and life changing programs. Fort Collins Rescue Mission operates under the umbrella of Denver Rescue Mission, which has been serving the homeless and poor in Colorado since 1892.
  • The Mission Shelter – provides housing, meals, community, and case management to homeless people in Fort Collins.
  • Urban Peak – is the only non-profit organization in Denver that provides a full convergence of services for youth ages 15 through 24 experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Their goal is to help youth overcome real life challenges and become self-sufficient adults. They do this by providing five essential services at little or no cost to the youth: an overnight shelter, a daytime drop-in center, street outreach, education and employment programming, and supportive housing.
  • Murphy Center for Hope – connects the homeless (or at risk for homelessness) community in Fort Collins with resources such as SummitStone Health Partners (mental health), laundry services, employment resources, charities, mail services, etc.
  • Colorado Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) – LEAP is a federally funded program that helps eligible Colorado families, seniors, and individuals pay a portion of their winter home heating costs. LEAP only accepts applications between November and April. Apply using the Colorado PEAK website.
  • Fort Collins Affordable Housing Finder
  • Neighbor 2 Neighbor – offers many resources for help paying rent.
  • Crossroads Safehouse – offers emergency housing and resources to people that are victims of interpersonal violence. Crossroads also offers legal advocacy services, rehousing programs, and youth and family advocacy services. Their 24/7 crisis line is (970) 482-3502.
  • Lutheran Campus Ministries– offers laundry, storage, and showers at their church to students in need.
  • Salud Family Health Clinic – A local clinic that offers premium care at affordable prices. Some of the services offered include an in house Pharmacy, Immunizations, Nutrition and Health Education, Physicians and Pediatricians, Physical Examinations, Laboratory, X-ray, & Cancer Screening, etc. Charges are on a sliding scale based on income.
  • Family Dental Clinic   – Another local Fort Collins agency that offices dental treatment. Fees are also charged on a sliding scale. Services provided include Full dentures, Root canals, Silver fillings, Wisdom tooth extraction, Teeth Cleaning, etc
  • Prescription Assistance – The Prescription Assistance program helps people with limited incomes fill their prescriptions through vouchers and applications to drug company programs.
  • Mental Health Connections – Many people don’t get help for mental health or substance abuse problems because they don’t know where to turn or they can’t afford treatment. That’s where Mental Health Connections steps in. Their services are strictly confidential. All services are free except for counseling, which is low-cost and based on your ability to pay.
  • Mental Health and Drug Abuse – Mental illness is common among drug addicts. The relationship between mental health and drug abuse is so strong that many people believe the drugs cause the illness. In most cases, this is not true. People who have mental illness usually seek out the drugs to self-medicate. These people do not realize that their attempts only lead to a larger problem-addiction. Fortunately, proper treatment and diagnosis can help the addict recover from what the medical establishment calls a dual diagnosis.
  • Disabled Resource Services – Disabled Resource Services empowers individuals with disabilities to achieve their maximum level of independence through services supporting advocacy, awareness and access to their community.
  • Colorado Health Network – Colorado Health Network (CHN) is a statewide organization in Colorado, serving nearly 4,000 individuals living with HIV/AIDS, and those at risk, as well as other program specific populations. CHN provides innovative, individualized services to those most in need, educates high risk populations, and advocates for social and health care equity. The case managers at CHN work with clients to assist them in living healthy and empowered lives. Case Managers make sure that clients are aware of their healthcare options and support them in accessing and maintaining involvement in healthcare and treatment.
  • Medicaid – is a public health insurance plans to eligible applicants. Apply using the Colorado PEAK website.
  • Christ Clinic – seeks to act as the essential medical providers for members of the Northern Colorado community who are uninsured or do not have access to other providers regardless of their background, creed or beliefs. This includes young adults; families with children; and adults with chronic diseases who are not yet eligible for Medicare.
  • Mental Health Connections – Many people don’t get help for mental health or substance abuse problems because they don’t know where to turn or they can’t afford treatment. That’s where Mental Health Connections steps in. Their services are strictly confidential. All services are free except for counseling, which is low-cost and based on your ability to pay.
  • Mental Health and Drug Abuse – Mental illness is common among drug addicts. The relationship between mental health and drug abuse is so strong that many people believe the drugs cause the illness. In most cases, this is not true. People who have mental illness usually seek out the drugs to self-medicate. These people do not realize that their attempts only lead to a larger problem-addiction. Fortunately, proper treatment and diagnosis can help the addict recover from what the medical establishment calls a dual diagnosis.
  • Colorado Crisis Services – offers support and counseling to people in need of mental health support. Crisis Line: (844) 493-8255 or text “TALK” to 38255.
  • SummitStone Health Partners – provides mental health crisis services, counseling, substance abuse counseling, and medication management.
  • CSU Psychological Services Center (PSC) – is a community mental health agency affiliated with the Psychology Department of Colorado State University (CSU). PSC offers therapy and psychological evaluation services for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families to members of the Fort Collins community. They use a sliding scale fee schedule depending on your income, but CSU students receive a rate of $15/session.
  • Psychology Today Find a Therapist – is a tool to search for therapists in the area that meet your needs.
  • The Trevor Project – is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. Call the TrevorLifeline at 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678.
  • Trans Lifeline – is a grassroots hotline and non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. Call 877-565-8860 for support.
  • Cash and Employment Assistance (TANF/Colorado Works) – is a cash assistance program that helps eligible families with very low incomes become self-sufficient by encouraging job preparation, work and family stabilization. Eligible applicants receive monthly cash assistance payments, help with emergency household expenses, and/or services such as counseling, training and employment assistance. Apply for benefits using the Colorado PEAK website.
  • Unemployment Benefits – Unemployment benefits provide you with temporary income if you’ve lost a job or income through no fault of your own.
  • ReHire Colorado – is a program created by the Colorado Careers Act of 2013 and is administered by Colorado Department of Human Services. The goal of this program is to help individuals with barriers to employment re-enter the workforce by combining wage-paid work, job skills training and supportive services.
  • Colorado Individual Placement and Support – is a program that helps people with mental illness and/or substance use disorders find and keep jobs, while at the same time providing employers with access to motivated employees.
  • Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) – provides childcare assistance to families who are working, searching for employment, or are in training, and families who are enrolled in the Colorado Works program and need childcare services to support their efforts toward self-sufficiency. CCCAP provides you access to reduced cost childcare at licensed childcare facilities or qualified (unlicensed) providers. Apply using the Colorado PEAK website.
  • VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance): provide free, confidential, and secure preparation and e-filing of Federal and State income taxes, for taxpayers who qualify. This service is available for basic returns with income up to $56,000.
  • Young Adult Legal Advocacy – offers services for young adults includes free legal and clinical support to help these young adults navigate the transition to adulthood, including: Obtaining birth certificates and state/other identification documents, expunging a juvenile record, securing public assistance/government benefits, addressing landlord disputes, providing training, consultation and resources for youth and young adults, as well as professionals who work with this population.
  • Beyond the Walls – is a program in connection with Shiloh House that seeks to support youth between the ages of 16 and 26. Beyond the Walls links people with resources and mentors to provide skills, learning opportunities, and tools to help young people achieve their goals.
  • DreamMakers – is program is designed to come alongside youth who have aged out, or are in the process of aging out of the foster care system without support between the ages or 15 and 25. Former foster youth can submit a “wish” for items such as laptops or other educational items ranging from $100-1,000. To get more information on applying for a dream, please contact Andrea Fortney at Andrea.Fortney@colostate.edu.
  • EmpowerHER – is a program for girls who have lost their mothers. This program is community-based and non-therapeutic, serving to remind girls they are not alone in their grief. Contact Alex at alex@empoweringher.org for more information and to get involved.
  • Matthews House – serves youth involved in the juvenile justice system, youth who are homeless or don’t have a support system, and every single youth aging out of foster care in Larimer County is referred to them for services. This program walks alongside youth by providing comprehensive case management, connecting them to community resources, and empowering them to develop self-sufficiency and a healthy lifestyle.
  • Youth Empowerment Program at the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center – The Youth Empowerment Program is seeking to shift this system culture by highlighting the experiences and expertise of young people who have personally experienced foster care. The main focus of this service area is to create a youth-led, peer-driven, grassroots advocacy group of young people, ages 15 to 25, who have previously experienced or are currently in foster care. As a part of the national Foster Youth in Action network, this group is committed to improving the foster care system through youth organizing, advocacy, education, and leadership development.Tax help – find more information here.