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. 

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

• SNAP Application
• Maui Food Bank
• Kaukau 4 Keiki
• UHMC HINET
• findhelp.org

Financial Help

• Maui College Financial Aid & Chatbot!
• FAFSA Application
• findhelp.org

Health Services

• Campus Health Services
• findhelp.org

Housing & Shelter

• Hawaiian Community Assets
• Maui County Emergency Rental Assistance Program
• Ka Hale A Ke Ola Rental Assistance Program
• Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi
• Maui Economic Opportunity – Housing Assistance
• findhelp.org

Additional Resources

• COVID-19 Support
• Aloha United Way
• University of Hawai‘i Resources
• UHMC Resource List List current as of 3/1/21. For questions, please call the agency directly for changes to services.
• Internet Kokua Program Enrollment Form
• Rental and Utility Relief Program
• Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
• Affordable Connectivity Program

Campus Point of Contact

Chelsea Kau, Basic Needs Coordinator, ckhk@hawaii.edu, (808) 984-3446