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
• Kaukau 4 Keiki
• findhelp.org

Financial Aid

• FAFSA Application
• findhelp.org

Health Services

• 988 Lifeline
• findhelp.org

Housing & Shelter

• Hawaiian Community Assets
• findhelp.org

Additional Resources

• Aloha United Way
• COVID-19 Support
• Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
• Internet Kokua Program Enrollment Form
• Rental and Utility Relief Program
• University of Hawaiʻi System Student Affairs Office Support
• Zero Textbook Cost Classes
  • Navigation Video
• Affordable Connectivity Program

UH System Point of Contact

Tehani Keanini, Student Basic Needs Coordinator, tehanis@hawaii.edu