Survivor Emergency Fund

The Survivor Emergency Fund helps support enrolled undergraduate student survivors experiencing sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. This fund helps student survivors access the resources they need to continue their studies at UW and make progress toward graduation.

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How does the fund work?

The purpose of the Survivor Emergency Fund is to help remove obstacles that students face on their path to healing, recovery, and persistence to graduation. Sexual and interpersonal violence can lead to a number of unforeseen expenses. For example:

  • Sexual assault survivors may need new bedding or have unanticipated medical expenses, including medications and services not covered by insurance and not provided by Student Health.
  • Relationship violence survivors may need help with a security deposit or application fee to move out of an abusive living situation and into a new home.
  • Stalking survivors may need support to increase personal security, like changing or installing locks on doors and windows, or accessing technical assistance to remove tracking malware from computers and cell phones.

Request Support

We're Here to Help – The Survivor Emergency Fund is available to currently enrolled University of Wyoming undergraduate students who have experienced sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and/or stalking while they were a UW student. For more information and to request the application form, please email dos@uwyo.edu.

Additional Resources

Confidential resources can be found at UW’s University Counseling Center, Psychology Center and Employee Assistance Program; Albany County SAFE Project; and the Ivinson Memorial Hospital SANE Program.

Nonconfidential resources can be accessed through UW’s Dean of Students Office, the UW Police Department and Equal Opportunity Report and Response/Title IX.