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 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

• Food & Goods Pantry
• Meal Voucher Application Form
• HINET
• SNAP Application
• Kaukau 4 Keiki
• findhelp.org

Financial Help

• Kaua‘i CC Financial Aid
• FAFSA Application
• findhelp.org

Health Services

• Campus Health Services
• Mental Health Support
• findhelp.org

Housing & Shelter

• Hawaiian Community Assets
• findhelp.org

Additional Resources

• COVID-19 Support
• Aloha United Way
• University of Hawai‘i Resources
• Childcare Assistance Application
• Internet Kokua Program Enrollment Form
• Rental and Utility Relief Program
• Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
• Affordable Connectivity Program

Campus Point of Contact

Berna Souza, HiNet Program Coordinator, https://www.kauai.hawaii.edu/mental-health, bwilson1@hawaii.edu, (808) 245-0106, Lib Rm. #105 (LRC)