The Student Health Services provides crisis care for survivors of physical and sexual assault. Specially trained nurse practitioners and physicians provide full medical examinations, evidence collection, crisis counseling, and referral services to survivors. The University of Connecticut Police Department is responsible for all criminal investigations and apprehensions. In cases of sexual assault, a female officer is assigned to be the primary contact with the survivor throughout the investigation and is available 24 hours a day to provide this service to survivors. The center operates a 24 hour hotline.
Assistance is provided to both men and women and a choice of male or female counselors is available.
Appropriate services are offered to survivors of recent, as well as past, abuses. All services are free and confidential. The program operates a 24 hour hotline in Willimantic and Danielson. All services are free and confidential.