Project OCEAN (On Campus Emergency Assistance Network)serves CSULB by promoting a campus climate that reduces the stigma of mental health issues and encourages help seeking behaviors when needed. Project OCEAN hosts campus wide events to advocate stigma removal of mental illness. Project OCEAN is proud to present workshops on suicide prevention and supporting our peers who have mental health concerns. Volunteer opportunities are available for all interested students, staff and faculty.
Interested in joining the Project OCEAN Suicide Prevention team?
Get trained to be a QPR instructor and help us educate CSULB.
For more information: see Registration.
Live Your Life Day (LYL) 2013 |
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3rd LYL Resource Fair was on April 16th, 2013 A big thank you to all our supporters and colleagues both off and on campus! Project OCEAN couldn't have done it without you!
Thank you for participating in our 3rd LYL day! Check out our photos from the event! And share yours!
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Express Yourself Series |
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Express Yourself Spoken Word: We are interested in hearing your words! |
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Express Yourself Buttons: Project OCEAN wants to hear your positive messages. Express YOURself by making a button at one of our tabling events. |
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Express Yourself Essay Contest: Project OCEAN wanted to hear students' stories of how they have overcome challenges in their lives. We hosted an essay contest in Fall 2012 and we are proud to have chosen our winners. Grand Prize: Alejandro Grover Runner ups: |
Project OCEAN (On Campus Emergency Assistance Network) at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) was initiated in September, 2008 and was a federally funded program that focused on campus suicide prevention. The program was funded by SAMHSA in 2008 and ended in 2011.
Currently, Project OCEAN is funded by the voter approved Mental Health Services Act, Prop 63. It is one of several Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Initiatives implemented by the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA), an organization of county governments working to improve mental health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities. CalMHSA operates services and education programs on a statewide, regional and local basis.
Project OCEAN focuses on providing CSULB with training and psychoeducation about mental illness and mental health as it relates to prevention and early intervention. Project OCEAN strives to increase awareness of support services on campuses and in the community and also offers free online mental health screenings. The activities of Project OCEAN are designed to strengthen and fill gaps in existing services to “expand the safety net” for students vulnerable to mental health crises.
Project OCEAN supports the mental health concerns of all students.
