Support and Help
The College provides support services and resources available to every member of the College. This page includes information about supporting and assisting students, employees or other members of the College who have experienced sexual harassment, sexual assault or other sexual misconduct. If you have experienced sexual harassment, sexual assault or other sexual misconduct and seek support and options, please visit the Report and Incident and/or Request Support page.
On-Campus Resources
- Public Safety
956-872-4444
- Counseling and Student Accessibility Services (students)
Confidential Source
Pecan Campus: 956-872-2173
Mid-Valley Campus: 956-447-1229
Starr County Campus: 956-488-5864
Technology Campus: 956-872-6125
Nursing and Allied Health Campus: 956-872-3077 - Office of Human Resources (employees)
956-872-3646
956-872-3637
956-872-3805 - Title IX Coordinator
956-872-4664
titleix@southtexascollege.edu - Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities (students)
956-872-2180
- Online/Anonymous Reporting
- Policy #4216: Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Domestic Violence, Stalking and Retaliation Prohibited
Community Resources
Emergency: Dial 911 to contact your local Police Department.
- The Forensic Center/Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners
- Provides exams for victims of sexual assault, human trafficking, domestic violence, strangulation, child/elder abuse, and suspect exams.
- To request an exam, call their hotline at 956-688-8399 and press 1 to speak directly to a forensic nurse. Once the exam is completed - the nurses will call to schedule evidence pick-up at their clinic location in McAllen. The chart will be ready within 96 hours online - this chart is always peer-reviewed by another trained forensic nurse and then after by one of their physicians/medical directors.
- The Forensic Center/Texas Forensic Nurse Examiners has an electronic charting system that will automatically pull your case files into your online portal for you to be able to download and print - you can email records@txfne.com to get access to your online portal.
- List of locations in the Rio Grande Valley.
- Forensic Exam additional information/details.
- Police Departments
- South Texas College Department of Public Safety
2509 W Pecan Blvd., McAllen, TX 78501
Phone: 956-872-4444 - McAllen Police Department
1601 N. Bicentennial Blvd., McAllen, TX 78501
Phone: 956-681-2000 - Rio Grande City Police Department
402 E. Main St., Rio Grande City, TX 78582
Phone: 956-487-8892 - Weslaco Police Department
901 N. Airport Dr., Weslaco, TX 78596
Phone: 956-968-8591 - Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office - Crime Victim Assistance
100 E. Cano St, 3rd Floor
Edinburg, Texas 78539
Phone: 956-292-7600
- South Texas College Department of Public Safety
- Safe H.A.V.E.N.
Confidential Source
Visit DHR Health Emergency Services (24/7) and ask to receive a forensic exam. - Mujeres Unidas/Women Together
Mujeres Unidas/Women Together
24/7 Crisis Hotline: 1-800-580-4879
Family Justice Center: 956-630-4878 - Family Crisis Center
24/7 Hotline: 1-866-423-9304
- Legal Aid for Survivors of Sexual Assault (LASSA)
1-800-991-5153
- Friendship of Women, Inc.
24/7 Hotline: 956-544-7412
- National Human Trafficking Hotline
24/7 Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
- Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
U.S. Department of Education
Dallas: 214-661-9600
National: 1-800-241-3481
www.ed.gov/ocr - Title IX Survivors
- Family Justice Center
Family Justice Center:
511 Cynthia
McAllen, Texas 78501
Office: 956-687-4715Weslaco Satellite Center:
111 E. 5th Street
Weslaco, Texas 78596
Office: 956-854-4369 - U.S. Department of Education
Title IX Resource Links
- Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students
- Notice of Enforcement of Title IX with Respect to Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Light of Bostock v. Clayton County
- Questions and Answers on the Title IX Regulations on Sexual Harassment (July 2021)
- US Department of Education - Office of Civil Rights
- US Department of Labor
- US Department of Education
- US Department of Justice
