Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education at the Sexual Assault Resource Center (CARE at SARC) -- CARE at SARC is an independent confidential campus resource for individuals impacted by sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. CARE at SARC also provides comprehensive prevention education and trainings for UC San Diego students, staff, faculty, organizations, and departments. CARE at SARC provides free and confidential services for students, staff and faculty who are survivors, or those supporting survivors. CARE at SARC serves as the primary point of contact for victims and survivors who need advocacy, support services and/or assistance with reporting options.
Due to the call to action by UC President Janet Napolitano to have a system-wide consistent model for the prevention and response to sexual violence, SARC has changed its name to CARE in January 2015.
Our Mission
Since our creation in 1988, CARE at SARC has been dedicated to creating a safe and respectful community that does not tolerate sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. Through policy development and campus wide collaborations, we are committed to providing education and support services that empower students, staff, and faculty.
Our Work
Support Services
We offer free and confidential services for registered UC San Diego students, staff and faculty who are victims and/or survivors of sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking, as well as friends and families of the victim/survivor.
Education and Outreach
CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center offers workshops and training on violence prevention for the entire UC San Diego campus. Our workshops focus on understanding healthy relationships, clarifying consent, online safety, how to be a responsive bystander, and how to help a victim/survivor.
We also provide training for student workers, staff, and faculty. Our trainings focus on referring and reporting information, definitions, campus safety and community dynamics. Learn more about our various programs and how to request a program.
Our History
Established in 1988, CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center has been a standard-bearer of survivor support services and prevention education for campus sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. The launch of the program came from a group of dedicated staff and students who had been advocating for rape prevention education and victim services since 1979. Initially named, “Student Safety Awareness Program,” the department was staffed by one professional staff member and two student interns. CARE at SARC was one of the first holistic and stand-alone campus victim services programs within the UC system, meaning that CARE at SARC has always provided direct victim services as well as spearheaded UC San Diego violence prevention efforts. As the need for services and education grew, so did the program. CARE at SARC has received over $1,000,000 in federal grants that helped support innovative violence prevention campaigns (“UCSD Most Guys”; “Every Little BIT Counts”; “Colors of CARE”); increased the number of professional staff within the department, and enhanced direct services for survivors.
In 2018, UC San Diego’s CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center commemorated its 30th Anniversary. This is a celebration, acknowledgement, and reaffirmation, that since its creation in 1988, CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center has been and always will be dedicated to creating a safe and respectful UC San Diego community.