The 2025 UCSB Campus Elections include a support fee for Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) and Career Services. This fee helps provide both departments with funds that support ongoing programming and services for students. We ask for your support in reaffirming this fee.
What is the fee amount?
$5.85 per quarter. This is a joint fee - Career Services receives $3.16 and CAPS receives $2.69.
What is the purpose of this fee?
At CAPS, this fee allows for us to continue our mission to assist students in achieving academically, socially, and personally through culturally responsive mental health services. The funds support programs like our Group Counseling and Workshop offerings, our Mental Health Peer Program, our 24/7 phone consultation service, and all services that are available to students at no additional cost.
Why #WeAreCommunity?
Our department and the Division of Student Affairs are committed to working towards supporting students. Services have continued to be responsive to the needs of students since the start of the global pandemic. As students return to campus, we recognize the need to provide hybrid services to honor the varying needs of students at this time. A vote to reaffirm these fees is a vote for our community. Whether or not you choose to use our services, we know many students are impacted positively by the access and availability of support services. We want to thank you for making this possible.
How do students vote?
Voting will happen between May 5 and May 9, 2025
Pro Statement from Students
"Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) provides students with essential services that support their wellbeing and navigation through college life. Specifically, CAPS provides mental health therapy appointments from licensed clinicians, postdocs, and doctoral interns trained to tackle the specific struggles that students face at UCSB. With this support fee, students are able to access these services at no additional cost, removing the financial burden in accessing services. CAPS services promote accessibility to all students and range widely: from individual therapy, group therapy, and outreach events to student focused programs such as the Mental Health Peer Program. By voting YES in favor of CAPS, you are voting in favor of reducing mental health stigmatization and increasing accessibility to psychological services for ALL students. This kind of support is integral in the success of UCSB students. Help support the student body's success and health by voting YES in favor of CAPS."
Pro Statement from CAPS Leadership
"The mission of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is to assist the student body to achieve academically, socially, and personally through culturally responsive mental health services. We approach our work both comprehensively and collectively. We work with all domestic and international students, and strive to ensure that CAPS is accessible to students from backgrounds whose members have historically been marginalized and faced barriers to accessing mental health services. We engage students via our work in crisis intervention, initial assessment, individual, and group therapy. We also work with concerned parents, professors, friends who notice signs of distress, graduate advisors, and other campus community members who reach out for help. Your ongoing support allows us to continue to maintain and increase our responsiveness to culture, language, and the complicated whole of our student body. Voting "yes" for CAPS will ensure continued improvement in providing initial services and follow-up. Supporting CAPS supports the Community."