Mental Health Resources

Immediate Help

If you are in crisis, and need immediate support or intervention, call 988, or chat live online. Trained crisis workers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  Calls are toll-free and confidential. If you are having suicidal thoughts call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or call 911 immediately. 

WCUSD Mental Health Website 

Visit here for mental health resources provided by WCUSD. 

Care Solace 

The West Covina Unified School District has partnered with Care Solace to provide families with mental health and substance abuse resources. Parents, we encourage you to use the Care Solace search tool to find clinics and facilities near you.

WCUSD Comprehensive Counseling Program 

The CCP is designed to provide school-based social-emotional support for students in General Education. The CCP aims at helping students, providing therapeutic services and offering parent supports.  Referrals for CCP can be submitted by site-designated school staff (e.g. teachers, school counselors, assistant principals and school principals). More information HERE.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. 

www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Teens-Young-Adults 

Signs of Suicide - 10th Grade Presentation 

Dear Parent / Guardian,  

During this challenging year, school staff has made a concerted effort to teach students about mental health and how to seek help if they are worried about themselves or a friend. Per Educational Code 215/216, students in grades 7-12 are required to receive training in suicide prevention at least once in middle school and in high school. We are using a program called Signs of Suicide (SOS) to provide the curriculum. The program teaches students about this difficult topic and encourages them to seek help. 

SOS has been used by thousands of schools over the past decade and is approved by the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). Studies have shown that it effectively teaches students about depression and suicide while reducing the number of students’ self-reported suicide attempts.  

Through the program, students learn: 

• How to identify depression in themselves or a friend and they are encouraged to seek help

• To ACT (Acknowledge, Care and Tell a trusted adult) if they concerned about themselves or a friend 

• Who they can turn to at school for help if they need help  

During the lesson, students will watch age-appropriate video clips and participate in a guided discussion by a mental health professional. If anyone finds the discussion difficult, students will be able to take a break, and counselors will be available for help. We encourage you to visit  www.sossignsofsuicide.org/parent for information on warning signs for youth suicide, useful resources, and some of the key messages students will learn. 

If you have any questions or concerns about the SOS program please contact your student's school counselors.

Los Angeles Dept. of Mental Health 

Presentation from 1/15/25 - Emotional Wellbeing and Stress