At Rice, We Care.
In addition to the resources on-campus there are a variety of other resources you may find helpful. Please contact us at 713-348-4966 if you have any questions.
Resource Guides:
Transgender & Gender Non-Conforming Student Resource Guid
Houston Area Emergency Resources:
- Crisis Intervention Houston: 832-416-1177 (24/7)
- 988 National Suicide Hotline
- Harris Center Emotional Support Line: 713-970-7000/ (Text) 832-479-2135
- Houston Police Department: 713-884-3131
- HPD Mental Health Unit: 713-970-4664
- Methodist Hospital: 713-893-0781
- Mobile Crisis Outreach Team: 713-970-7520
Bereavement and Burial Resources:
Grief counseling, support groups for children, teens and adults, including loss of a parent,child, or baby.
Address: 10050 Buffalo Speedway,Houston, Texas 77054 (3.8 miles from Rice)
Phone: 713-942-8339
Grief Recovery Center Grief counseling, support groups for children, teens and adults, including loss of a parent,child, or baby.
2000 North Loop West Suite 100 Houston, TX 77018
Phone: 281-888-0815
Harris County Bereavement and Burial Services provides burial assistance and bereavement services
Domestic and Sexual Violence Resources:
National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233
Houston Area Women’s Center 713-528-2121 DV/713-528-7273 SA
The Montrose Center 713-529-0037 (LGBTQIA communities)
Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
Daya Houston Provides services to South Asian survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
Phone: 713-842-7645 (helpline)
An-Nisa Hope Center Provides mental health counseling and domestic violence services to the immigrant and refugee and Muslim communities. Phone: 832-324-9111
Medical Care Resources:
AVENUE 360 Provides quality medical care, including adult medicine, pediatrics, dental, geriatrics, counseling, psychiatry, and more. Accepts insurance and offers sliding-scale fees.
Phone: 713-426-0027
Pregnancy testing, family planning, STD and HIV/AIDS education and screening, primary healthcare, and case management services
Phone: 713-873-3601
Affordable walk-in clinic provides medical assistance, including clinical counseling and psychiatry services, in 30 languages. Accepts insurance and offers sliding scale fees
Phone: 713-773-0803
Legacy Community Health - Montrose Clinic
Services include physical and mental health assessment, medication management, therapy, and psychological testing
Phone: 832-548-5100
Mental Health Resources:
Inpatient treatment for patients suffering from an acute mental health crisis
Address: 6565 Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030 (0.7 miles from Rice)
Phone: 346-888-0279
Provides individual counseling, support groups, and case management. Accepts insurance and offers financial assistance program
Address: 4131 S. Braeswood Blvd. Houston, Texas 77025 (4.2 miles from Rice)
Phone: 713-667-9336
Memorial Hermann Mental Health Crisis Clinic in Meyerland
Provides multiple psychosocial assessments, medical history assessments, emergency medication administration and more
Address: 4850 W. Bellfort St, Houston, TX 77035 (6.2 miles from Rice)
Phone: 713-338-6422
The Center for Creative Resources
Provides individual, couples, group, and family therapy. Sliding-scale fees available
Address: 3801 Kirby Drive, Set. 344, Houston, Tx 77098 (2.1 miles from Rice)
Phone: 713-461-7599
Offers inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment. Do not deny services based on a patient’s inability to pay for any reason.
Address: 5901 Long Drive Houston, Texas 77087 (5.9 miles from Rice)
Phone: 713-970-7000
Offers LGBTQ resources, counseling, education programs, anti-violence services and support
Address: 401 Branard St., Houston, TX 77006 (2.5 miles from Rice)
Phone: 713-529-0037 (24/7)
UT Physicians Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic-BBSB
Provides comprehensive psychiatric outpatient services to assess psychological and physical concerns
Address: 1941 East Road, Suite 2100, Houston, TX 77054 (2.2 miles from Rice)
Phone: 713-486-2700
No cost counseling services to address wellbeing & mental health concerns
Address: 2990 Richmond Ave., Ste. 530, Houston, TX 77098 (3 miles from Rice)
Phone: 713-526-8390
Pregnancy and Parenting Resources:
Benefits you may have available to you through the State of Texas
Your Texas Benefits
State benefits programs such as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), WIC (Women, Infants, and Children), TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), Healthcare, and Support
Children’s Health Insurance Perinatal (CHIP) Coverage
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) covers children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford to buy private insurance
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
TANF provides cash payments to help families pay for food, clothing, housing, and other essential needs.
Resources At Rice
Lactation, nursing, or breast/chestfeeding rooms are private, clean spaces across campus for use by nursing parents to express milk or feed infants.
Title IX Coordinator supportive measures, including time away and academic assistance
The SAFE Office supportive measures, including time away and academic assistance
Rice Wellbeing and Counseling Center confidential therapeutic support, and case management.
Joint Campus Ministers- spiritual and religious guidance.
Academic
Disability Resource Center provides academic accommodations for medical reasons
The SAFE Office provides supportive measures for pregnant and parenting students
Health Care
Aetna Student Health Insurance Rice University student health insurance, assists with referrals to providers
Student Health Services Well-person exams, reproductive health, and assistance with pregnancy health care.
Baylor Teen Clinic STI prevention, gynecological services, reproductive health
Planned Parenthood - STI prevention, gynecological services, reproductive health
Legacy Community Health - STI prevention, gynecological services, reproductive health, pediatrics
Avenue 360 STI prevention, gynecological services, reproductive health, pediatrics
Hospitals-Maternity Care
St. Joseph Medical Center
Methodist Childbirth Center
Texas Children’s Pavillion for Women
Community Resources-Daycare
Workforce Solutions Child Care Assistance Scholarships
Workforce Solutions is interested in helping families by providing childcare scholarships for those who qualify.
United Way Call 211 for referrals to low-cost daycare
Community Resources-Supportive
Website for parenting students.
Texas Parent Helpline
Texas Parent Helpline is a parent hotline that provides free information and referrals to counseling and thousands of other local services in communities across Texas to help you deal with the many challenges of parenting.
The Pregnant Scholar
The Pregnant Scholar Initiative is the nation’s first and only legal resource center for pregnant and parenting students. We aim to create an educational system where no student is asked to choose between their education and their family.
Religious Resources:
Joint Campus Ministers
Website: https://studentcenter.rice.edu/student-activities/club-resources/joint-campus-ministries
Provides individual counseling, support groups, and case management. Accepts insurance and offers financial assistance program
Phone: 713-667-9336
Rice University Resources-Students
Center for Academic and Professional Communication
Phone: 713-348-4932
Website: http://pwc.rice.edu/center-academic-and-professional-communication
Location: 2nd Floor mezzanine of Fondren Library
Center for Career Development
Phone: 713-348-4055
Email: ccd@rice.edu
Website: http://ccd.rice.edu
Location: Huff House
Disability Resource Center
Phone: 713-348-5841
Email: adarice@rice.edu
Website: http://drc.rice.edu/
Location: Allen Center, Room 111
Graduate Wellbeing Peers
Website: https://gsa.rice.edu/graduate-wellbeing-peers/
Joint Campus Ministries
Website: https://studentcenter.rice.edu/student-activities/club-resources/joint-campus-ministries
Office of Academic Advising
Phone: 713-348-4060
Email: aadv@rice.edu
Website: http://oaa.rice.edu/
Location: 1st floor of Ley Student Center (Suite 132)
*Within the colleges: Peer Academic Advisors
Office of the Dean of Undergraduates
Phone: 713-348-4996
Email: ugdean@rice.edu
Website: https://dou.rice.edu
Location: Sewall Hall, Suite 350
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Phone: 713-348-4026
Email: provost@rice.edu
Website: https://dei.rice.edu/
Location: Allen Center, Suite 330
Office of Financial Aid
Phone: 713-348-4958
Email: fina@rice.edu
Website: http://financialaid.rice.edu/
Location: 1st Floor of Allen Center
General financial guidance: http://www.cashcourse.org/riceuniversity/
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Phone: 713-348-4002
Email: graduate@rice.edu
Website: http://graduate.rice.edu/
Location: Sewall Hall, Suite 370
Office of Housing and Dining
Phone: 713-348-5445 / 5440
Email: ricehousing@rice.edu / dining@rice.edu
Rice Graduate Apartments: 713-348-4723 gradapts@rice.edu
Rice Village Apartments/ Rice Village Townhomes: 713-348-4050 rvapts@rice.edu
Office of International Students & Scholars
Phone: 713-348-6095
Email: oiss@rice.edu
Website: http://oiss.rice.edu/
Location: Lovett Hall, Entrance A
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Phone: 713-348-5124
Email: mino@rice.edu
Website: http://oma.rice.edu/
Location: Allen Center, Room 220
Program in Writing and Communication
Phone: 713-348-2929
Website: http://pwc.rice.edu/
Location: Herring Hall, Room 129
Queer Resource Center
Location: RMC, right side of Sammy’s and by the Brown Garden facing Coffeehouse
Rice Counseling Center **Title IX confidential employee**
Phone: 713-348-3311 (24/7)
Website: http://wellbeingandcounseling.rice.edu
Location: Barbara and David Gibbs Wellness Center
Rice PRIDE
Email: ricepride.eboard@gmail.com
Website: https://pride.rice.edu/
Rice University Ethics Line (Anonymous Reporting)
Phone: 1-866-294-4633 (toll free)
Website: www.rice.edu/ethics
Rice University Police and EMS *Available 24/7 for assistance*
Phone: 713-348-6000
Website: http://www.rupd.rice.edu/
Location: RUPD building, near entrance #8
Student Accounts and Cashier’s Office
Phone: 713-348-4946
Email: cashier@rice.edu
Website: http://cashier.rice.edu/home
Location: Allen Center, Room 110
Student Activities
Phone: 713-348-4097
Email: sact@rice.edu
Website: http://studentactivities.rice.edu
Location: 2nd Floor, RMC
Student Health Insurance
Phone: 713-348-5544
Email: studentinsurance@rice.edu
Website: http://studenthealthinsurance.rice.edu/
Location: 3rd Floor Cambridge Office Building
Student Health Services **Title IX confidential employee**
Phone: 713-348-4966
Email: hlsv@rice.edu
Website: http://health.rice.edu
Location: Morton L. Rich Student Health Center (next to the Brown Magister's House)
Student Judicial Programs
Phone: 713-348-4786
Email: sjp@rice.edu
Website: http://sjp.rice.edu/
Location: 301 A, Lovett Hall
Student Success Initiatives
Phone: 713-348-4495
Email: success@rice.edu
Website: https://success.rice.edu
Location: Cloisters, RMC
*The Pantry is available by walk in Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Student Wellbeing Office
Phone: 713-348-3311
Email: wellbeing@rice.edu
Website: http://wellbeingandcounseling.rice.edu
Location: Barbara & David Gibbs Wellness Center
*Wellbeing Advising Referral Form: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?RiceUniv&layout_id=20
The SAFE Office: Interpersonal Misconduct Prevention and Support
Phone: 713-348-3311
Email: titleixsupport@rice.edu
Website: http://safe.rice.edu
Location: Morton L. Rich Student Health Center (next to the Brown Magister's House)
Title IX at Rice
Title IX Coordinator: Dr. Richard Baker
Deputy Title IX Coordinators: Allison Vogt, Stacy Mosely, and Paul Harris
Email: titleix@rice.edu
Website: https://titleix.rice.edu/
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Mandatory Reporting Form-Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence and Stalking: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?RiceUniv&layout_id=7
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Discrimination, Harassment and Sexual Misconduct Complaint Form: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?RiceUniv&layout_id=16
Rice University Police and EMS *Available 24/7 for assistance*
Phone: 713-348-6000
Website: http://www.rupd.rice.edu/
Location: RUPD building, Mudd
Rice Resources Faculty/Staff
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for faculty and staff
Phone: 713-500-3327 or toll-free at 800-346-3549
Website: https://knowledgecafe.rice.edu/well-being-and-work-life
Rice University Ethics Line (Anonymous Reporting)
Phone: 1-866-294-4633 (toll free)
Website: www.rice.edu/ethics
Rice University Police and EMS *Available 24/7 for assistance*
Phone: 713-348-6000
Website: http://www.rupd.rice.edu/
Location: RUPD building, Mudd