LANEY COLLEGE Student Guide to FREE & LOW-COST Resources at Laney College & Local Community The Office of Student Activities & Campus Life Updated: June 2019 IMPORTANT NOTICE At the time of publication, the resources listed in this guide were confirmed to be free or low-cost for persons with low income. Please call to confirm costs (if any) prior to using any of the services listed in this guide. The Office of Student Activities and Campus Life at Laney College do not endorse any of the community services listed in this resource guide. The information is collected for the convenience of Laney College students. INTRODUCTION TO THIS GUIDE Dear Laney College Community, Our students have many responsibilities as they balance personal responsibilities with homework, class schedules, fees and books. Because they are pulled in so many directions with a multitude of obligations, many students experience increased levels of stress or anxiety while they attend college. This guide is dedicated to providing students with information on free and low-cost services in an effort to ease some of these pressures, while also serving as a resource for college employees to reference when helping students in need. If you come across students who need support services outside of the areas listed in this guide, please have them call the 211 Directory. This is a confidential service that connects people with free resources, such as food, clothing, shelter, counseling or medical care, in their local area. Simply have the person dial “211” from any phone and let the operator know what area they are in and what services they need. I look forward to working with everyone in the Laney College family to create a supportive and welcoming environment for all students. Sincerely, Gary Albury, Director Student Activities and Campus Life Laney College 1 Laney College Campus Resources 2 Laney College Campus Resources Campus Showers Transportation Currently enrolled students can use the Cashier's Office college shower facilities during all academic A- 201 terms (except when school is not in Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: session). 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Tuesday: 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Gymnasium Locker Rooms Monday - Thursday: 10:30 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. Proposition A, which was passed in the May 2009 Friday: 10:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M and May 2016 student elections, requires all Peralta students carrying six or more units to pay an AC Transit EasyPass bus pass fee of Food Pantries $40.79, thereby making them eligible to receive an Eagles Pantry AC Transit EasyPass bus pass. With EasyPass Student Center 4th floor, Room 402 Monday: you can ride all AC Transit bus lines, including 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Thursday: 5:00 P.M. - local and Transbay service, at all times. 7:00 P.M. Visit the following website for more information: Fresh Produce http://tinyurl.com/PeraltaACTransitEasyPass Laney College Quad 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month 2:00 P.M.- 4:00 P.M. Financial Aid & Federal Work study Health & Wellness Services Building A-201 (510) 464-3414 Mental Health Counselor Monday 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Laney Tower Building T-210 Tuesday 8:00 A.M. - 6:30 P.M. (510) 464-3535 Wednesday 8:00 A.M. - 6:30 P.M. Thursday 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Lactation Room Friday 8: A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Laney Tower Building T-250 (510) 464-3332 Monday - Thursday: 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Tutoring James Oliver Community Writing Center Building Meditation & Prayer Room B-260 Student Center 4th floor, Room 417 (510) 464-3426 (510) 464-3188 Monday-Thursday: 9:00 A.M. - 8:00 P.M. Monday - Friday: 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. Friday: 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Wellness Center 1 Tutoring Resource Center Laney Tower Building T-250 Eagle Village (EV-1) (510) 464-3332 (510) 834-5740 Monday - Thursday: 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Monday - Thursday: 12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Wellness Center 2 Student Center 4th floor, Room 414 (510) 464-3332 Monday - Thursday: 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. 3 Laney College Monday - Thursday: 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. You will need your student ID number to log in. *10 pages per day limit. Campus Resources Free Printing EmploymentServices T-201 Technology Center F-170 (510) 464-3352 Monday - Thursday: 8:30 A.M. - 8:50 P.M. Monday - Friday: 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Friday: 8:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. laney.edu/employment Transfer Center T-201 Books & Transportation Assistance Monday - Friday: 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. T-812 (510) 464-3294 Welcome Center A-101 Monday - Friday: 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Monday & Thursday: 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Tuesday & Wednesday: 8:00 A.M. - 6:30 P.M. Library Services Friday: 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Monday – Thursday: 8:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. Friday: 8:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. Saturday: 9:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. (510) 464-3500 Peralta Foundation/ Scholarships 333 East 8th Street Counseling Department Oakland, California T- 301 (510) 466-7206 (510) 464-3152 or (510) 464-3154 Peraltafoundation.org Monday - Thursday: 8:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M. 4 Laney College Learning Communities CalWorks Asian/Pacific American Student Welcome Center Success (APASS) Building A-101 Gym, Room 112 (510) 986-6946 (510) 464-3160 https://laney.edu/calworks/ Monday - Friday: 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Disabled Students Program and Services https://laney.edu/apass/ (DSPS) Building E, Room 251 LatinX (510) 464-3428 Eagle Village III Monday - Thursday: 9:00 A.M. - 4:00 (510) 464-3141 P.M. Friday: 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. https://laney.edu/dsps/ B2B/CAYFES (Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support) Extended Opportunity Programs and https://laney.edu/b2b-learning- Services (EOPS) community/ Building A, Room 106 (510) 464-3423 https://laney.edu/eops-CARE-b2b- Umoja-UBAKA CalWORKs/ Eagle Village 2 (510) 464-3104 Gateway to College https://laney.edu/umoja-ubaka/ Building A, Room 203 Restoring our Communities (510) 986-6941 Building E, Room 203 Monday - Friday: 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. https://laney.edu/gateway/ Monday-Friday 8:00 A.M – 6:00 P.M. www.laney.edu/ restoringourcommunities/ Veteran Services E-260 (510) 986-6994 Monday 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Tuesday 8:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M. Wednesday – Friday: 8:00 A.M.- 4:00 P.M. https://laney.edu/veteran_affairs/ 5 Laney College Local Community Resources Laney College 6 Substance Abuse Teen Challenge Alameda County Medical Options Recovery International (Men) Center Services 90th Ave Oakland, CA 1411 E. 31st street, 1st 610 16th Street Floor Oakland, CA 94602 94603 (510) 562-1141 Oakland, CA 94612 Monday-Friday: (510) 437-5192 or (510) 836-9900 (510)437-5137 8:30 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. Organization that works to Christian Institution that Organization that has help people recover from aims to help young men different support groups to substance abuse through (18 and older) overcome support pregnant and means of groups, relaxation addiction and training, relapse prevention, homelessness. Programs parenting women. Groups counseling etc. are usually live-in for include but aren’t limited to: 12-18 months and there relapse prevention, drug & is a $500 processing fee alcohol education, anger West Oakland Health but applicants can avoid management etc. If students Council this by joining the work don’t have Medi-Cal, 700 Adeline Street Oakland, study program. CA 94607 (510) 835-9610 services are free Non-profit health center that SAMHSA National Latino Commission on provides services in mental Helpline Alcohol and Drug abuse health and substance abuse 1-800-662-4357 of Alameda County for residents of West, North Free confidential referral 315 International Blvd and East Oakland, Emeryville and information hotline Oakland, CA 94601 and Southwest Berkeley (available in Spanish and (510) 536-4764 English) for individuals and families facing metal Organization that does and/or substance abuse counseling (individual, group & disorders; Available 24/7. family), recovery treatments, parenting classes etc. for pregnant or parenting women and their children; Fees based on sliding scale but students won’t be rejected if they are unable to pay Laney College 7 Emergency Shelters & Transitional Housing Oasis Legal Services Community United Against Violence 1330 Broadway Suite 428 427 South Van Ness Oakland, CA 94612 San Francisco, CA 94103 (510) 666-6687 (415) 777-5500 Monday- Friday: 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Organization focused on combating Organization that provides legal hate-crimes and violence by providing services for lower income LGBTQ+ support for abuse survivors, training immigrants; services include sessions for developing resources for screening for immigration relief, LGBTQ+ community and coal affirmative asylum, residency, citizenship and family petitions Pacific Center Community Hotlines LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis Hotline: 2712 Telegraph Avenue 1-866-488-7386 Berkeley, CA 94705 Suicide Prevention Hotline: (510) 548-8283 1-800-273-825 Organization that offers counseling LGBTQ+ Elder Hotline: and support groups 1-888-234-7243 Oakland/East Bay Chapter of Oakland LGBTQ Resource Center Parents, Families and Friends of 3207 Lakeshore Ave. Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Oakland, CA 94610 (510) 882-2286 Oakland, CA 94601 Monday, Wednesday and Friday: (510) 562-7692 12:00 P.M.- 5:00 P.M.