It’s hard to perform well in school when you are hungry or homeless. To help combat these grave difficulties, a policy (AB 132) went into effect last year requiring California colleges to establish ...

coordinating with campus and community partners, identifying community resources available to students, communicating with students about and connecting students to resources for which they may be ...

Did you know about 3 in 5 college students experience basic needs insecurity related to food, housing, water, or safety? The Dean of Students Office recognizes that meeting basic needs has become more ...

Support the center in a way that works for you, from volunteering to financial donations. The Basic Needs Center accepts donations of food and personal care items to stock the Buff Pantry and mobile ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In his famous paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation,” psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed a ...

Over 50 community college students in California currently serve as resource guides for peers in need of stable housing, food access and other basic needs. The students are part of the California ...

Sacramento State opened its new Basic Needs Resource Center to help students struggling with housing and food insecurity by offering free groceries, including meat and fresh produce, as well as ...

The number of “essentials” fundraisers has increased over the last three years in all of the company's major English-speaking ...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, center, Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) Michael J. McCord testify at a Senate ...

Students in today’s world at all ages need basic requirements to receive and gain their full academic potential. Some of those needs include a stable environment to complete homework and obtaining ...

Branching from the Volunteer Resource Center, the volunteer program for the Basic Needs Center had a head start developing our relationships. We have strong ties with the Community Food Share food ...

Volunteers load a vehicle at a Military Family Advisory Network food distribution event in Norfolk, Va., in May. (Courtesy of MFAN) Low-income military families are now a step closer to getting a new ...