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. 

Hawaiʻi CC Kahuaola Basic Needs Center

Food Assistance

• HINET Ho‘ola Ike
• SNAP Application
• Kaukau 4 Keiki
• findhelp.org

Financial Help

• Hawai‘i CC Financial Aid & Chatbot!
• FAFSA Application
• findhelp.org

Health Services

• Campus Health Services
• findhelp.org

Housing & Shelter

• Hawaiian Community Assets
• findhelp.org

Additional Resources

• Aloha United Way
• University of Hawai‘i Resources
• Internet Kokua Program Enrollment Form
• Rental and Utility Relief Program
• Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
• Affordable Connectivity Program

Campus Point of Contact

Kayci Benevides Student Basic Needs Specialist kaycijh@hawaii.edu

Kate De Soto, Mental Health Therapist, kdesoto@hawaii.edu

Christine Quintana, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, cdamate@hawaii.edu