Student Resources

Suicide Prevention Lifeline

• Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish.

• Call 988

The Trevor Project

• Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386

• LGBTQ+ specific support

• Crisis Textline/Hopeline: Text the word "hopeline" to 741741 whenever you need to talk to someone. 

  • It's free, 24/7 and anonymous! 

• Milwaukee County Crisis Hotline: 414-257-7222 

  • Available 24/7

Click here to explore our self-care apps page

• RUHS Gay-Straight Alliance Club

  • If you or a loved one is in the LGBTQ+ Community, feel free to join our group! Text @ruhsgsa to 81010

• Milwaukee LGBT Community Center is operating on a limited basis during the pandemic and has also started operating online groups. Click here to check their website for the latest information.

• MPS LGBTQ+ Resources and Supports: click here

• For information about changing your name/gender within MPS systems, click here

• PRISM Program

  • Call 414-336-7974 and leave a brief message with your name, phone number, county of residence, and whatever you want to share about what you're seeking support on. ***Please note: we can only return your call if you leave a voicemail, because the warmline is not monitored 24/7. A peer-specialist will follow up with you within 12 hours to set up a call or Zoom meeting. 

  • For youth ages 16-26.

• Counseling and Advocacy for LGBTQIA+ Youth

  • The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center: offers counseling and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ youth. For more information or to talk to a staff person, please call 414.271.2656.  

    • Our licensed youth counselor is available for drop-in counseling, appointments, and works with both individuals and families. Every Wednesday afternoon we have either a TGNCNB youth support group or a LGBTQ+ mental health support group. 

    • Our youth counselor and youth advocate can also:

• Coordinate services and consult with school social worker and other appropriate providers

• Advocate on behalf of youth with schools, providers, family, etc.

• Provide workshops for youth or adults around LGBTQ issues, health, relationships, etc.

• Provide training and technical assistance around GSA creation and maintenance

• • Pathfinders, (414) 964-2565 

    • Drop-in Services, 11am-5pm for intakes. Can call and schedule an intake, where they ask questions regarding your needs. Parents do not need to be notified. Therapy is available. 

    • 4200 N Holton St #400, Milwaukee, WI 53212 

  • Walkers Point Youth and Family Center, (414) 647-8200 

    • Free and confidential counseling and/or shelter for youth ages 11-17 – by appointment or walk-in. 

    • 732 S 21st St, Milwaukee, WI 53204

• Project Q

  • For more information about Project Q or to talk to a staff person, call 414.271.2656. 

  • Project Q (PQ) is a youth development program and safe space serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and allied youth ages 13 to 24. PQ drop in occurs every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 3-7pm. PQ is an accepting, affirming, drug and alcohol-free environment where LGBTQ+ youth can identify and express themselves without fear of ridicule or harassment. The programs serves over 700 youth annually and focus on fostering positive growth, building self-esteem and help ready area youth for various life stages.

  • In addition to providing a safer space, Project Q provides opportunities for development and leadership through a number of activities. Some of the structured activities include:

• Workforce/job skills development

• Leadership and life skills activities

• Expression/arts-based activities

• Alcohol, tobacco and other drug risk reduction activities

• Safer sex and healthy relationship education

• Health and wellness program

• Events: GSA Summit, drag shows, Pride Prom, & more

• Provide culturally relevant, contemporary programs in a “for youth, by youth” space embodying positive cultural, social, educational and emotional development of youth

• Empower young adults to make healthy and informed decisions about health and wellness

• Advocate for and collaborate with programs and organizations that meet the varied needs LGBTQ+ youth

• Design and implement activities that build community and respect diversity

• OneLove Foundation

  • Learn more about healthy relationships

• 24-hour domestic violence hotline: (414) 933-2722 

• What is Teen Dating Abuse?

  • Click here to learn about teen dating abuse, and what you can do if you or someone you care about is in an unhealthy relationship.

• Shelter- Sojourner Truth House: (414) 933-2722 

  • The 53-bed emergency shelter offers a safe respite for women, children and men dealing with abuse and sexual assault victims. We provide basic necessities such as food, transportation and clothing, warmth, security, empathy and support, counseling and support groups, advocacy services and children’s programming. 

• Culturally Specific Supports

  • For African American Communities

    • The Asha Project, Inc. believes in the existence and provision of culturally specific methods to better address the elimination of gender-based violence and the sexual exploitation of women and children in African American communities. Our belief is that in order to adequately address family and intimate partner violence and promote healthy living, we must address the truths of historical and daily life trauma experiences of the community. Further, we believe that we must simultaneously confront intersecting socioeconomic and other factors that contribute to or aggravate violence and abuse between intimates, in homes and in the community. 

    • Phone: (414) 252-0075

  • For Muslim Women

    • Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition

    • Phone: 414-727-4900  

    • Address: 5235 S. 27th Street 

    • Email: staff@mmwconline.org 

  •  For Hmong Women

    • Hmong American Women's Association: (414) 930-9352 

    • WI Hmong Family Strengthening Helpline is available after hours at (877) 740-4292 

  • For Latina Women

    • UMOS Latina Resource Center: (414) 389-6510 

• Support Groups- Domestic Violence

  • Sojourner Family Peace Center: Our support groups are held in confidential locations and co-taught by two facilitators. Participants will receive information about the following: 

    • How to identify typical signs of the effects of domestic violence on children 

    • The healing services available for adults and children who have been exposed to domestic violence 

    • Other available advocacy services and community resources 

    • How criminal and civil systems affect participants’ lives 

    • Safety planning and practical tools to assess whether an abuser is changing 

    • Logistical support, such as providing for transportation needs 

    • For more information, or to join our support groups, please call our Advocacy Office at 414-276-1911 or our 24-hour Domestic Violence Hotline at 414-933-2722. 

• Walker’s Point Youth and Family Center Runaway and Teen Crisis Shelter 

  • (414) 647-8200 

  • 732 S. 21st St., Milwaukee, WI 53204 

• Pathfinders Youth Shelter 

  • (414) 271-1560 

  • 1614 E. Kane Pl., Milwaukee, WI 53202 

• Tiger Tutoring at Riverside (ask a staff member about it!)

• MVSC: The MVSC is a group of college students originally from the Milwaukee area that provide free tutoring to MPS students. 

  • Students can visit their website to learn more and sign up for a time for tutoring using this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfoRB-HyEdK_hPmdB9N0YKxoj8lbGs99zgxgLQ_E8ylNZDsBw/viewform

Confidential Counseling/Therapy (parent consent not required)

• Pathfinders: Drop-in Services, 11am-5pm for intakes. Can call and schedule an intake, where they ask questions regarding your needs. Parents do not need to be notified. Therapy is available. 

  • 4200 N Holton St #400, Milwaukee, WI 53212 

  • (414) 964-2565

• Walker’s Point Youth and Family Center: Free and confidential counseling and/or shelter for youth ages 11-17 – by appointment or walk-in. 

  • 732 S 21st St, Milwaukee, WI 53204

  • (414) 647-8200 

Other Counseling/Therapy

Call the phone number on the back of your insurance card to receive a referral covered by your insurance. Or, look into one of the suggestions below:

• American Behavioral Clinics (2 Milwaukee locations)

  • 7330 W. Layton Ave. 

    • 414-281-1677 

  • 10424 W. Bluemound Rd.

    • 414-774-1794

• Child Development Center (Children's Hospital of Wisconsin)

  • 13800 W. North Ave., Ste. 120

  • Central Scheduling 414-607-5280

• Childynamics

  • 11904 W. North Ave., Ste. 110

  • 414-258-4318

• Cornerstone Counseling (4 locations)

  • 10850 W. Park Pl., Ste. 100 (Milwaukee)

  • 4811 S. 76 St., Ste. 280 (Greenfield)

  • 5555 N. Port Washington Rd., Ste. 200 (Glendale)

  • 5007 S. Howell Ave., Ste 350 (Airport)

    • Central Scheduling 262-789-1191 

• Family Options

  • 3015 N. 114th St.

  • 414-431-4444

• Independence First (For adults with disability services)

  • 540 S. 1st St.

  • 414-291-7520

• Individual/Family Therapy (Children's Hospital of Wisconsin)

  • 620 S. 76th Street

  • 414-453-1400

• Isaac Coggs Heritage Health Center

  • 8200 W. Silver Spring Dr.

  • 414-760-3900

• Marquette Psychological Services 

  • 604 N. 16th St. (Cramer Hall, 307)

  • 414-288-3487

• MLK Heritage Health Center

  • 2555 N. Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Dr.

  • 414-372-8080 (main number)

  • 414-267-2090 (Behavioral Health Services)

• REACH 

  • 414-257-7607

• Shorehaven

  • 3900 W. Brown Deer Rd.

  • 414-540-2170

• Sixteenth Street Clinic

  • 1032 S. Cesar E. Chavez Dr. 

    • or

  • 2906 S. 20 St.

  • 414-672-1353 Scheduling

• Teen Health Clinic (Children's Hospital of Wisconsin)

  • 3365 S. 103 St, Ste 210 (Greenfield)

  • 262-814-708