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

• UH Hilo Basic Needs & Outreach
• SNAP Application
• findhelp.org

Financial Aid

• UH Hilo Financial Aid & Chatbot!
• FAFSA Application
• findhelp.org

Health Services

• Campus Health Services
• Campus Counseling Services
• findhelp.org

Housing & Shelter

• UH Hilo Housing
• Hawaiian Community Assets
• findhelp.org

Additional Resources

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

Campus Point of Contact

Sherri Akau , Interim Executive Director, Student Support and Wellbeing, akau714@hawaii.edu

Kaleb Matthews, Residence Life Coordinator, kalebkm@hawaii.edu