Search for Help in Hampshire County
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UMass Financial Aid Services
Help students and families identify and apply to federal, state, and university financial aid programs and scholarships and oversees the Student Employment Office which maintains the Student Job Board
Address: 181 Presidents Dr
Address 2: 243 Whitemore Administratoin Building
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: finaid@finaid.umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-0801
Operating Agency: UMass Financial Aid Services
UMass Fine Arts Center
Provides single project/event grants and mini grants to UMass groups and organizations involved in art related events which meet specified funding criteria listed on their website.
Address: 130 Hicks Way
Address 2: 10 Curryhicks
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: acouncil@acad.umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-0132
Operating Agency: UMass Arts Council
UMass Graduate Employee Organization (GEO)
The GEO is the union for graduate employees at UMass Amherst and works to mediate grievances between employees and their employers.
Address: 1 Campus Center Way
Address 2: 911 Campus Center
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: geo@umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-0705
Operating Agency: UMass Graduate Employee Organization (GEO)
UMass Graduate Student Senate
A student-run and finance governance body at UMass which represents and advocates on behalf of graduate students. Provide a variety of programming, events, resources, and opportunities to enhance graduate student experience. Facilitates graduate student organizations (GSOs) and administers various programs such as the Child Care Assistance Program and Graduate Women's Network.
Address: 1 Campus Center Way
Address 2: 919 Campus Center
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: gss-info@grad.umass.edu
Operating Agency: UMass Graduate Student Senate
UMass International Programs Office
Provide advice, information and referrals for all international students and scholars and advising and coordination for any students who wish to study abroad. Offer advisors, workshops, and comprehensive list of scholarship options to help students budget and afford studying abroad.
Address: 70 Butterfield Terr
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: abroad@ipo.umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-2710
Other Phone: (413) 545-5247 (Advising Center)
Operating Agency: UMass International Programs Office
Umass Learning Resource Center
Offer course specific academic support including one on one tutoring
Address: 154 Hicks Way
Address 2: 10th Floor, W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: lrc@acad.umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-5334
Operating Agency: UMass Learning Resource Center
UMass Off-Campus Student Life
Programs include Party Smart, Walk This Way, and Team Positive Presence. Provide online listings for local housing accommodations open to the public, walk-in advising services, and Off-Campus Certification Course. Volunteer opportunities available.
Address: 130 Hicks Way
Address 2: 103 Bartlett Hall
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: OCSC@sacl.umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 577-1005
Operating Agency: UMass Off-Campus Student Life
UMass Office of Human Resources
Offer consulting assistance to help managers and supervisors build a sense of common interest and achieve department and university objectives, help employees build career resilience and attain professional objectives, build a climate in which differences are accepted and valued and where employees are respected and treated fairly, and promote an environment that supports healthy, balanced, and safe lifestyles.
Address: 181 Presidents Dr
Address 2: 330 Whitmore Administration Building
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: askHR@umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-1396
Operating Agency: UMass Office of Human Resources
UMass Office of Information Technologies (OIT)
Provide all UMass students and staff with support in regards to technology. This includes account information, classroom technologies, computer and information security, copyright and fair use, discounts, instructional technologies, IT support services, network connectivity, online file storage and collaboration, policies, printing, software, SPIRE, telephones, web services, and workshops/trainings.
Address: 740 North Pleasant St
Address 2: A109 Lederle GRC Lowrise
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: it@umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-9400
Operating Agency: UMass Office of Information Technologies (OIT)
UMass Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
Offers a range of educational programs, individual and institutional advocacy, interfaith dialogue, and other bridge-building activities designed to foster an informed, caring, and supportive campus community for students of all backgrounds and beliefs. Oversee multiple interfaith programs and meditation groups open to all students, staff, and faculty.
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: orsl@umass.edu
Operating Agency: UMass Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
UMass Ombuds Office
Assist faculty, staff, and students to prevent, identify, manage, and resolve campus-related conflicts and concerns, and provide workshops about conflict and communication skills.
Address: 1 Campus Center Way
Address 2: 823 Campus Center
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: ombuds@umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-0867
Operating Agency: UMass Ombuds Office
UMass Psychological Services Center
Provides adult, child individual, child, couples, and group therapy options for low fees. Offer a comprehensive list of assessment services such as learning disability testing, streamlined ADHD assessment, and school admission testing.
Address: 135 Hicks Way
Address 2: Tobin 123
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Main Phone: (413) 577-0041
Operating Agency: UMass Psychological Services Center
UMass Student Legal Services Office
Offer free, confidential advice and/or referrals for most legal matters affecting students, provides high-quality counseling, advice, research, education, representation, and referral services for all fee-paying students. Other services include advising students and groups regarding civil rights law, participates in training programs for students and staff in order to address issues of diversity and multiculturalism on campus, and have internships for undergraduate legal assistants.
Address: 1 Campus Center Way
Address 2: 922 Campus Center
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: slso@umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-1995
Operating Agency: UMass Student Legal Services Office
UMass Student Parent Programs
Offer support and advocation for students who are parents by connecting them to university and community resources and host events, assistance applying for a childcare subsidy, and connection to child care services.
Address: 130 Hicks Way
Address 2: 103 Bartlett Hall
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: studentparent@umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 577-1005
Operating Agency: UMass Student Parent Programs
UMass Student Veterans Resource Center
Assists veterans, guardsmen, and reservists utilize educational benefits, helps students make the transitions between active military duty and the university, provides institutional advocacy, information, certification services, runs a central location for processing benefits and making referral, and is a place for veteran students to relax and/or study.
Address: 155 Hicks Way
Address 2: 19 Dickinson Hall
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: veteranservices@sacl.umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-0939
Other Phone: (413) 545-5792 (Benefits Certification)
Operating Agency: UMass Veterans Services
UMass University Health Services
Provides comprehensive health and wellness services including, but not limitied to: acupuncture, allergy shots, eye care, immunizations, laboratory testing, nutrition services, obstetrics and gynecology, optical services, orthopedics, pediatrics, physical health, public health, radiology, sexual health, speciality services, sports medicine, tobacco treatment, transgender health, travel medicine, and women's health. Other services include full-service UHS pharmacy, billing and insurance department, and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program.
Address: 150 Infirmary Way
Address 2: University Health Services
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Main Phone: (413) 577-5000
Other Phone: (413) 577-5229 (Triage Advice Nurse)
Operating Agency: UMass University Health Services
UMass Workplace Learning & Development
Promotes employee and organizational growth, development, and empowerment by providing coaching, consultations, customized workshops, meeting and strategic planning, and online self-guided learning services. Option to request a service for specific circumstances tailored to organization.
Address: 140 Hicks Way
Address 2: 303 Goodell
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01003
Email: wld@admin.umass.edu
Main Phone: (413) 545-1787
Operating Agency: UMass Workplace Learning & Development
United Way of Pioneer Valley
Offer services including help finding resources, money and tax help, diaper distribution sites, and prescription medication discounts. Volunteer opportunities available.
Address: 71 King St
Address 3: Northampton, MA, 01061
Email: info@uwhampshire.org
Main Phone: (413) 584-3962
Operating Agency: United Way of Pioneer Valley
United Way of Pioneer Valley
Offer services including emotional & behavioral health, addiction recovery, child development & advocacy, community care & support, housing, hunger & family support, youth welfare & court-guided supports, and intellectual & developmental disability supports.
Address: 332 Birnie Ave
Address 3: Springfield, MA, 01107
Main Phone: (844) 243-4357
Hotline: (413) 586-5555
Operating Agency: United Way of Pioneer Valley
USDA Rural Development
Offer funding for cooperatives, loans for business and community facilities in rural communities, energy programs (renewable, biofuel, etc.), single and multi-family housing loans, telecom programs, water and environmental programs, and USDA LINC Training & Resource Library
Address: 451 West St
Address 3: Amherst, MA, 01002
Main Phone: (413) 253-4300
Operating Agency: USDA Rural Development
