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 and Monday to Friday 8am to noon.
Students are also welcome to reach out via email uhsbn@hawaii.edu. Responses are provided promptly during café hours.
Food Assistance
Financial Help
- Child Care Access Means Parents in School Grant
- Mānoa Basic Needs Funding Application
- Mānoa Financial Aid & Chatbot!
- FAFSA Application
- findhelp.org
Health Services
- University Health Services Mānoa
- Counseling & Student Development Center
- Hawaiʻi Health & Harm Reduction Center LGBTQ+ Community
- Aloha United Wayʻs SUD Care Coordination
- findhelp.org
Housing & Shelter
Additional Resources
- Aloha United Way
- Bridge To Hope
- Childcare
- University of Hawaiʻi Resources
- Loanable Technology
- Veterans Support Services
- Internet Kokua Program Enrollment Form
- Rental and Utility Relief Program
- Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
- Affordable Connectivity Program
Campus Point of Contact
| Pimienta | Tanya | MSW Practicum Student | tpimient@hawaii.edu |
| Crichfield | Theresa | Associate Vice Provost for Student Success & Dean of Students | tcrich@hawaii.edu |
| Sanchez | Wiliama | Student Success Operations Manager | wiliama@hawaii.edu |
| Solomon | Angie | Student Parents at Mānoa Coordinator | ksolomon@hawaii.edu |
| Lopez | Kenny | Student Housing Services | kennylop@hawaii.edu |
| Manini | Bonnyjean | Food Vault Hawai’i | bonyjean@hawaii.edu |
| Bill | Teresa | Bridge-to-Hope Coordinator | tbill@hawaii.edu |
| Salzer | Kuʻulei | Health Promotions | salzer@hawaii.edu |
| Tauasosi-Posiulai | Tina | Pasefika Student Advancement Program | tauasosi@hawaii.edu |
| Pascua | Atina | Office of Civic & Community Engagement | atina@hawaii.edu |