Wellness Resources

Help for Students in Need

Students in Crisis

• A “crisis” is defined as a situation in which a student is a potential danger to themselves or others.
• If you are in crisis:
  1. Call your appropriate campus security number.
  2. Use the Hawk Response app.
  3. Send someone to get security.
• The safety of a person in crisis takes precedence, and our security personnel are trained in handling emergency situations.
• If the student is not in immediate danger, consider more discreet ways to get that person the appropriate help.

 

Mental Health Resources

On Nov. 14, 2019, HACC entered into a one-year agreement with Mazzitti & Sullivan EAP Services, Inc. to provide comprehensive clinical mental health counseling services to HACC students who are currently enrolled in credit classes.

The agreement includes the following services and amenities for HACC students in need:

• A robust, national network of licensed therapists who can help students with a variety of mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, stress and relationship issues
• Access to counselors who are properly credentialed and have adequate liability insurance
• Options for face-to-face, telephonic and on-demand virtual counseling
• Counseling triage services 24 hours a day, seven days a week
• Access to a master’s degree-holding counselor 24 hours a day, seven days a week

HACC will pay for up to three counseling sessions per semester for a student in need of services. Please read HACC’s statement, refer to this informational flyer (pdf)  for more information or call Call 1-800-543-5080; TTY/TDD 1-855-264-3248.

Here are some additional community resources to which anyone can refer a student:

• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255
  The Lifeline provides free and confidential support 24/7 for people in distress, as well as offers resources for prevention and crisis mitigation.
• The Trevor Lifeline (Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ Youth) -866-4-U-TREVOR ( 1-866-488-7386)
• T.W. Ponessa Counseling Services
  To schedule an appointment, please call 800-437-5405
  Harrisburg - 900 N 6th Street, Harrisburg, PA
  Lancaster - 410 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA
  Lebanon - 15 South 9th Street, Lebanon, PA
  York - 160 Roosevelt Ave., York, PA
• CDC-INFO (Formerly known as the CDC National STD and AIDS Hotline) -1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)
• Veterans’ Suicide Prevention Lifeline -1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255), press 1
• Treatment Referral Hotline (Substance Abuse) -1-800-662-HELP (1-800-662-4357)
• National Sexual Assault Hotline -1-800-656-HOPE (1-800-656-4673) - 24-hour online hotline: https://ohl.rainn.org/online/  
• National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline - 1-866-331-9474 or text START to 741-741
• Dauphin County Crisis Intervention - 717-232-7511 or 888-596-4447
  Any individual who is having a crisis may call the Dauphin County Crisis Intervention Emergency Health Service.
• Lancaster County Behavioral Health and Development Services - 717-394-2631
  24-hour service to persons experiencing frightening desperation, loss of control or suicidal thoughts; includes phone hotline, walk-in and outreach
• Lebanon Mental Health Services - 717-274-3415
  Offers case management services, provides intake, assessment and coordination of the various psychological services
• York and Gettysburg Counties Wellspan Health Behavioral Crisis Intervention - 717-851-5320 or 800-673-2496
  For crisis/emergency situations. Offers 24-hour crisis counseling that individuals may access either through a toll-free telephone number or face-to-face interview at Gettysburg and York Hospital Emergency Departments
   

Domestic Violence/Rape Crisis

• Lebanon Domestic Violence Intervention - 717-273-7191
• National Domestic Violence Hotline - 800-799-SAFE
• Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence Services - 800-654-1211
• RAINN: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network - 800-656-HOPE
• Sexual Assault Resource & Counseling Center (SARCC) Lebanon - 717-272-5308
• Lancaster Domestic Violence - 717-299-1249
• York Victim Assistance Center - 717-854-3131
• York ACCESS York - 717-846-5400
   

Drug and Alcohol

• Alcohol Abuse and Crisis Intervention - 800-231-0246
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Hotline - 800-333- 4444
   

Academic Counseling and Student Success Services
HACC's faculty counselors provide guidance, support and assistance for a number of concerns. Counselors can help with:

• Academic goalsetting and planning (academic advising)
• Career exploration and decision making
• College and life balance
• College success skills
• Community resources for food, shelter and transportation
• Life-skills facilitation
• Help with test anxiety
• Time management issues
• Transfer exploration and decisions
• Listening to concerns and making referrals
• Providing information about community resources

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Counseling Resources
 

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