Behavioral Intervention Response Team (BIRT)

The Behavioral Intervention and Response Team (BIRT) addresses situations involving students who may be experiencing distress or who are perceived to pose a threat to the safety of themselves and/or our students, faculty, and staff.

Submit a BIRT Referral Form

When to Call Campus Police Dispatch

• When you believe that you or another person is in immediate danger.
• When you believe that the student is about to harm her/himself.
• When you believe that the student is out of control and is disrupting the classroom.

Contact campus police at (916) 558-2221.

Text for Help in a Crisis

Crisis Text Line responds to each text with confidential help from a crisis counselor. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States about any type of crisis.