Click the link below to connect with a UH Basic Needs Café Assistant who can help UH students with locating and securing basic needs including food, housing and financial resources. Café hours are Sunday to Thursday from 8pm to midnight.

NEW VIRTUAL BASIC NEEDS CAFE

Students are also welcome to reach out via email uhsbn@hawaii.edu. Responses are provided promptly during café hours. 

Food Assistance

• Pohukaina Food Pantry
• HINET
• SNAP Application
• Kaukau 4 Keiki
• findhelp.org

Financial Help

• Kapi‘olani CC Financial Aid
• FAFSA Application
• findhelp.org

Health Services

• Kaʻau Program for Student Mental Health and Wellness
• Health and Safety
• Campus Health Services
• findhelp.org

Housing & Shelter

• Kapiʻolani Student Housing
• Hawaiian Community Assets
• findhelp.org

Additional Resources

• COVID-19 Support
• Aloha United Way
• University of Hawai‘i Resources
• Student Parents Program
• Internet Kokua Program Enrollment Form
• Rental and Utility Relief Program
• Emergency Broadband Benefit Program

Campus Point of Contact

LaVache Scanlan, First Year Experience Coordinator, lavache@hawaii.edu ,

Kapiʻolani CC Campus Committee

LaVache Scanlan, First Year Experience Coordinator, lavache@hawaii.edu

Colette Andrade-Fujii, Student Support Specialist, andradef@hawaii.edu