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
Health Services
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
Kulamanu Ishihara, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, vorhies@hawaii.edu
UH Maui College Campus Committee
Chelsea Kau, Basic Needs Coordinator, ckhk@hawaii.edu
Kulamanu Ishihara, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, cvorhies@hawaii.edu
March Antosh, Design & Marketing, marcca@hawaii.edu
Bobbie Rucker, Title III Administrative Assistance, brucker@hawaii.edu
Bonnie Friedman, Marketing, bonnief@hawaii.edu
Christopher Yanuaria, Personal Support Counselor, cy9@hawaii.edu
Kilohana Miller, Institutional Analyst, kilohana@hawaii.edu
Leilani Kepler, Work Based Learning Specialist, lkepler@hawaii.edu
Leslie Watson, UHMC Health Center/Allied Health, lw33@hawaii.edu
Shawna Pabingwit, Title IX/EEO/AA Coordinator, martinsh@hawaii.edu