Please review the resources below to learn important crisis information and ways to get involved in suicide prevention:
- Mental Health Emergency/Crisis Resources
- National Suicide Prevention Month Events
- Suicide Prevention Trainings
- Other Resources
Mental Health Emergency/Crisis Resources
There are both on and off campus resources that you can use if experiencing a mental health emergency.
Ramapo Counseling Services Offers Emergency Counseling 24/7/365.
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency during business hours (M-F 8:30-4:30), please come to D-216 or call our main line at 201-684-7522 to be connected with our emergency on-call therapist. Alternatively, you may call 911 or go to your local emergency room.
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency after the office has closed (nights after 4:30 pm or weekends), simply call the main line at 201-684-7522 and follow the prompt (鈥淧ress 2鈥�) for immediate assistance. Alternatively, you may call 988, 911, or go to your local emergency room.
There are a variety of crisis hotlines for anyone experiencing a mental health emergency.
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- Call or text 鈥�988鈥� to be connected with an emergency counselor if you are experiencing thoughts of suicide, a mental health or substance use crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress. 988 is confidential, free, and available 24/7/365. Confidentiality is limited in instances where a caller is an imminent danger to themselves or others.
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- Crisis Textline 鈥� Text START to 741-741
- NJ Hopeline (24/7 Peer Support and Suicide Prevention Hotline); 1-855-654-6735 or email njhopeline@ubhc.rutgers.edu
- for NJ residents aged 10-24: call or text 1-888-222-2228
- for LGBTQ+ Young People Under 25: call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
- Peer Support Hotline, 1-877-565-8860
- Hotline operators will go on a two-week break from December 18 to January 1st
- As of January 1st, 2024, Trans Lifeline鈥檚 hotline operating hours will be Monday through Friday, 1 pm to 9 pm EST
- 鈥� 800-656-HOPE (4673)
- 24/7 sexual violence crisis intervention hotline (say that you are a Ramapo student) 鈥� 1-201-487-2227
- Veterans Crisis line: Dial 988 then press 鈥�1鈥� or text 838-255
National Suicide Prevention Month Events
Ramapo’s 2026 theme is Mental Health is Health. Below are events in September to raise awareness on suicide, promote mental health resources, and foster connection, healing, and hope.
988 Day Table
“Over the two and a half years following the 2022 rollout of the 988 national suicide prevention hotline, the rate of suicides among young people in the United States dropped by 11 percent” (). Get connected to resources and grab some swag to promote 988 awareness and utilization to help save a life.
Date: Tuesday, 9/8/25
Location: C-Wing Underpass
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Rain/Heat location: Student Center
Questions? Email studentwellness@ramapo.edu.
World Suicide Prevention Day: Opening Proclamation
All are invited to join the Center for Student Wellness for the National Suicide Prevention Month Opening Proclamation on World Suicide Prevention Day, 9/10. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young adults making it a significant issue for college students. While we want to recognize lives lost from suicide, this month is about prevention and hope. Please join this proclamation to learn about what you can do to save a life and promote mental health.
Date: Thursday, 9/10/26
Location: Arch
Time: 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Rain/Heat location: Friends Hall
Questions? Email studentwellness@ramapo.edu.
Words of Hope
Join Health Promotion to chalk the pathways in the grove with words of positivity and hope to promote health seeking and mental health. You can also take a break and hangout with our furry friends from聽Creature Comfort Pet Therapy. Rain location is Friends Hall.
Date: Monday, 9/14/26
Time: 1 pm to 3 pm
Location: The Arch/Grove
Rain location: Friends Hall
Questions? Email studentwellness@ramapo.edu.
Glow for Hope
Join Counseling Services, the College Programming Board, the Social Work Club and the Roadrunner Collegiate Recovery Program for an event that builds awareness and connection. Meet at the Arch at 9 pm for student stories and candlelight vigil by to remember those who have lost their lives to suicide and/or substance use disorders. After, we will walk, stroll, or roll as a group to Laurel Courts for a mental health glow party with music, food, and zero-proof activities – games, volleyball, chalking and more. Through this event, we are creating light in darkness.
There will also be tables with information on mental health/substance use resources and information to donate and/or sign up to participate with the Ramapo Team in the Out of the Darkness Walk for Bergen County.
Date: Thursday, 9/24/26
Location: The Arch followed by Laurel Courts
Time: 9 pm to 11 pm
Rain location: Friends Hall
We are currently seeking cosponsors for this event! Please email studentwellness@ramapo.edu.听
Is your club or organization participating in an event or initiative for National Suicide Prevention Month in September 2025? Email studentwellness@ramapo.edu for Counseling Services or Wellness Is Now to have your questions answered or for co-sponsorship to have your event be added to the calendar!
Suicide Prevention Trainings
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for college students. Counseling Services offers two suicide-prevention trainings for the Ramapo community. If your department, organization, or club would like to take action to help prevent suicide, consider participating in the two training opportunities below.
Campus Connect
Campus Connect is a free聽training that provides gatekeepers with information and strategies to help prevent suicide, and refer students to campus and community resources. Counseling Services staff utilizes experiential exercises, including an emphasis on acknowledging and working with gatekeepers own fears about suicide. Campus connect prepares faculty, staff, and students with an opportunity to learn about suicide prevention, and practice strategies for interacting with a student who is in crisis.
A Campus Connect gatekeeper training is approximately 3 hours and includes:
- Review of college student suicide statistics and facts
- Discussion of suicide myths and warning signs
- Instruction on how to ask students if they are thinking about suicide and how to refer students to mental health professionals
- Review of effective communication and relationship-building skills
- Discussion of typical emotional reactions experienced both by students in crisis and responding gatekeepers
- Participation in four experiential exercises
- Participation in a guided group role play
REQUEST CAMPUS CONNECT TRAINING HERE
Please reach out to Counseling Services for more information at (201) 684-7522.
Ask Listen Refer: An Online Suicide Prevention Training
Ask.Listen.Refer is a free training available for faculty, staff and students. This training helps users:
- identify people at risk for suicide
- recognize the risk factors, protective factors, and warning signs of suicide
- respond to and get help for people at risk
This program takes about 20 minutes to complete. It is intended to be educational rather than therapeutic, and it must be completed in one sitting. Logging in and out of the program may cancel your progress and prevent you from obtaining your certificate of completion.
Ask, Listen, Refer can be facilitated in-person. If you are requesting the facilitation to occur after 5 pm, please partner with at least one other organization for the facilitation to be approved. You can request an in-person Ask, Listen, Refer facilitation here.
Other Resources