FREE AND ANONYMOUS
HIV TESTING:
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Drop-in Center
Contact:
457-1163
412 Front Street, Downtown Santa Cruz
Hours
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 3 p.m.- 6:15 p.m.
HIV testing is free and anonymous. Since it is first-come first-served we recommend signing up when
our doors open at 3. Educational videos, information, safer sex and safer injection supplies are always
available. Bilingual testers and volunteers are on staff.
The Drop-In Center is a community based resource for persons at risk or infected with HIV, and all
those who are affected by the HIV epidemic. Our programs are based on the harm-reduction model: a
client-centered public health approach proven most effective in reducing sexual and drug related
harm. The goal of the Drop-In Center is to slow the spread of HIV. The Drop-In Center believes in
each individual's civil as well as health care rights, and that all human beings should be treated with
dignity.
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Emeline Ave Health Services Agency Clinic
Contact:
1080 Emeline Ave
454-2437 or 454-4100
Hours:
Tuesdays 1 – 3
Appointments given out beginning at 12 pm
Free/Anonymous and Bilingual
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UCSC Health Center
Contact:
459-2500
http://www2.ucsc.edu/healthcenter/
Hours:
Monday through Friday 9-12, 1-4
All undergraduate UCSC students are eligible for free and anonymous HIV testing provided by highly
trained Peer Test Counselors. We take pride that UCSC is one of the few totally student-run HIV
testing programs in the country. Appointments can be made at the Appointment Desk (2nd floor).
Results are returned in 2 weeks. Confidential testing is also available for students needing a copy of
their test results (e.g., travel abroad). For those tests, call the Appointment Desk to schedule with a
clinician. This test costs approximately $25.
~ The information on this sheet was taken from the websites or promotional literature of the respective organizations~
SAFER SEX INFORMATION:
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UCSC Condom Co-op
Contact:
HIVInfo@cats.ucsc.edu
http://www2.ucsc.edu/healthcenter/promotion/condom.shtml
Hours:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday & Friday
Tuesday
Wednesday
12-3 pm
12-3 pm
12-3 pm
12-3 pm
10pm – midnight
9pm-10pm
Porter Dining Hall and Hungry Slug Café
Stevenson Coffee House
Merrill Dining Hall
Quary Plaza (Bay Tree Bookstore)
College 8 Dining Hall
Stevenson Coffee House
The Condom Co-op provides condoms, dental dams, lubricants and other safer sex supplies to the
campus community at a lower cost than you could find anywhere else. The Co-op sets up shop at
dances and other special events. Sometimes accompanying the Co-op is the Sex Booth – a table full of
sex toys, books, and other erotica to help promote healthy communication around sex and sexuality.
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Santa Cruz Planned Parenthood
Contact:
(831) 426-5550.
1119 Pacific Ave. Suite 200 Santa Cruz
Hours:
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 8 pm
Friday
8:30 am – 5 pm
Saturday
8:30 am – 2 pm
Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to
manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual's income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual
orientation, age, national origin, or residence. We believe that respect and value for diversity in all
aspects of our organization are essential to our well-being. We believe that reproductive selfdetermination must be voluntary and preserve the individual's right to privacy.
STI TESTING:
These are clinics in Santa Cruz that test for STIs for little or no cost. The clinics listed below offer
services to persons 13 years of age and older without parental consent. Most offer drop-in services
without an appointment and evening and weekend hours. Many will treat you and your partner.
Planned Parenthood/Westside
1119 Pacific Ave
(831)-426-5550
Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center
250 Locust St.
(831)-427-3500
Santa Cruz Health Center
1080 Emeline Ave.
(831)-454-4100
UCSC Student Health Center
1156 High St.
(831)-459-2500
~ The information on this sheet was taken from the websites or promotional literature of the respective organizations~
RAPE PREVENTION:
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UCSC Rape Prevention Education Program
Contact:
Gillian Greensite, Director. (831) 459-2721
Cowell Student Health Center.
Founded in 1979 to raise community awareness about rape and to lessen the fear and trauma of rape,
the program offers a wide variety of educational and innovative workshops for UCSC males and
females. Emphasis is placed on understanding the causes, consequences, and prevention of
acquaintance rape. Films, videos, books, and periodicals are available for class projects. Self-defense
classes are coordinated. Confidential appointments can be made.
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Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women
Contact:
Hours:
Laurie McWhorter (831) 420-6298
915 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz.
Monday - Thursday 10:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 5:00pm
The Commission’s goal is to work in concrete ways to eliminate violence against women in the City
through education and prevention programs. These programs focus on empowering women and girls,
changing the behavior of potential batterers and rapists, offering support to women survivors of
violence and changing community attitudes towards violence against women. The Commission
develops and implements educational programs, reviews police response to crimes of sexual assault
and domestic violence, and contracts with local agencies to provide services which include prevention
and education programs and support services for survivors of violence.
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Women's Crisis Support/Defensa de Mujeres (WCS-DdM)
Contact:
Hours:
Crisis line:
425-4030
Pacific Ave, Ste. 300, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.
Monday through Friday, 9:00am -5:00pm
24-hours (831) 685-3737
A non-profit organization that serves female victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and their
children in Santa Cruz County. Bilingual advocates are available to provide support, accompaniments,
advocacy and ongoing peer counseling.
Services include: 24-Hour Crisis Line; CalWORKS Assistance; Children's Program; Community
Outreach Services; Community Counseling and Peer Support Groups; Crisis Counseling; Drug and
Alcohol Counseling; Emergency Response Team & Shelter; Hospital Accompaniment; Household
Assistance; Information & Referral; Legal Advocacy (court accompaniment); Prevention/Education
Programs; Teen Programs; Temporary Restraining Order Assistance; Transitional Living;
Transportation to (court, hospital, and shelter)
~ The information on this sheet was taken from the websites or promotional literature of the respective organizations~
GLBTIQ:
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UCSC GLBTRC
The Lionel Cantú Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Intersex Resource Center at UCSC
Contact:
Director, Deb Abbott 831-459-2468
http://www2.ucsc.edu/glbticenter/home/home.shtml
Hours:
Monday – Friday 10 am – 6 pm
The overarching goals of the GLBT Resource Center are to provide a comprehensive range of
educational, informational, and advocacy services and to work to create and maintain a safe, inclusive
multicultural environment for UCSC's GLBT students. The further purpose of UCSC's GLBT
Resource Center is to build bridges with GLBT and youth organizations in Santa Cruz County; in
particular, by providing cultural exchanges and community service learning opportunities for queer
UCSC students.
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The Diversity Center
Contact:
425-5422.
177 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz.
http://www.sclgbtcc.org/
We are dedicated to the principle that being lesbian, gay, bisexual and or transgendered is something
special. We exist to educate, enlighten, inform, instigate and facilitate a better understanding for
ourselves and our allies of what it means to be a member of our community.
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Equinox
Contact:
457-1441
755 Cedar Street at Lincoln St., Santa Cruz
http://www.geocities.com/equinoxsc
Equinox is a community project for gay, bi, queer, questioning, and trans-gendered men of all ages.
During Open Hours women, transgendered individuals and all allies are welcome. The goal of
Equinox is to reduce the spread of HIV by utilizing the harm reduction model that addresses the reality
in which we live, love, and have sex. Equinox accomplishes its goal by providing a space for the
celebration and exploration of sexuality in an uncensored context, encouraging participants to make
self-empowering choices. Equinox works with a continuous learning process, evolving and changing
its strategies and information to bring together a community through social events, outreach, support
groups, creative projects, informational programming, and support groups. Although Equinox focuses
on the health issues of gay and bisexual men of all ages, Equinox acknowledges the support of the
whole community to create a healthy environment for all queer people and their allies.
~ The information on this sheet was taken from the websites or promotional literature of the respective organizations~
COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY SERVICES:
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UCSC Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS)
Contact:
459-2628
Cowell Student Health Center
Hours:
Monday - Friday 8 am to 5 pm
The CPS goal is to provide a broad range of high quality counseling, outreach and consultation
services and programs that support UCSC graduate and undergraduate students in achieving their
personal and educational goals.
Services include Individual, Couples, Family Counseling/Psychotherapy, and Referrals; Counseling
Groups; On-Call (urgent) Services; Residential Crisis Program; Stress Reduction/Behavioral Health
Clinic; Workshops; Consultation; Outreach; Training/Education; Community Service.
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Santa Cruz AIDS Project
Contact:
427-3900
113 Cooper Street Santa Cruz
http://www.scapsite.org/
The Santa Cruz AIDS Project provides the highest quality of compassionate care, advocacy and
support for those infected and affected by HIV. Because AIDS still exists, the Santa Cruz AIDS
Project offers innovative education and prevention to end the spread of AIDS.
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Walnut Avenue Women’s Center
Contact:
426-3062
303 Walnut Avenue, Santa Cruz CA 95060
The Walnut Avenue Women's Center provides a variety of services for the purpose of helping women
to improve their life situations. The organization is women-centered, seeking to put women's
experiences at the center of our thinking. We provide services which empower and inform women,
their children and their families, enabling those we serve to realize their potential in all aspects of their
lives.
Services include: Teen-Age Mom Infant & Toddler Care Program (TAM), Downtown Children's
Center, Women's Work Center, Family Support Services, Food Bank, Support Groups, Women in
Recovery, Breast Cancer Survivors, Friendship Circle, Strawberry Festival, Domestic Violence
Intervention & Prevention Programs, Mom and Kids Club, Battered Women's Task Force (Sister
Organization).
~ The information on this sheet was taken from the websites or promotional literature of the respective organizations~