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

• 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

Maeve O’Donnell Pax, Human Needs Coordinator, maeveop@hawaii.edu, (808) 245-0106

Berna Souza, Human Needs Coordinator-Hale Malama, bwilson1@hawaii.edu

Kauaʻi CC Campus Committee

LaRisa Nebre, Non-Clinical Case Manager, lnebre@hawaii.edu

Berna Souza, Contracts and Grants Specialist, bwilson1@hawaii.edu

Will Dressler, Student Success Coordinator, dressler@hawaii.edu

Maeve OʻDonnell Pax, Human Needs Coordinator, maeveop@hawaii.edu

Carna Brown, Financial Aid Specialist, carna@hawaii.edu

Lahela Salazar, Waiʻaleʻale Project and Kīpaipai Program Coordinator, lahea@hawaii.edu

Noʻeau Keopuhiwa, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, keopuhiw@hawaii.edu