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
- Windward CC Food Pantry
- Windward CC’s Meals with a Mission program provides students with nutritious, free lunches Monday through Thursday at TRiO SSS in the Hale Kakoʻo lobby by 11am. If interested in Meals with a Mission, just stop by TRiO or email Rachelle Kozuma(rkozuma@hawaii.edu) with any questions.
- HINET
- SNAP Application
- Kaukau 4 Keiki
- findhelp.org
Financial Help
Health Services
Housing & Shelter
Childcare
- Ke Kula Kamaliʻi o Hānaiaulu on campus childcare center
- Childcare connect subsidies
- Pauahi Keiki Scholars
- Preschool Open Doors scholarship
- Childcare Aware – Military Families
Additional Resources
- Windward CC Virtual Basic Needs Cafe
- COVID-19 Support
- 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
Ka‘ahu Alo, Student Life Counselor, kaahualo@hawaii.edu
Robert Yamashita, Basic Needs/HINET Coordinator, robertty@hawaii.edu
Windward CC Campus Committee
Ardis Eschenberg, Chancellor, ardise@hawaii.edu
Kaahu Alo, Counselor, kaahualo@hawaii.edu
Ann Chamberlain, Financial Aid Manager, arc8@hawaii.edu
Christy Lawes, Access Services Manager, clawes@hawaii.edu
Michael Kato, Associate Professor, katomich@hawaii.edu
Rachelle Kozuma, TRiO SSS Peer Tutor & Academic Skills Coordinator, rkozuma@hawaii.edu
Kirsten Freeman, Kūkulu ʻOhana Project Coordinator, kirstenr@hawaii.edu
Desrae Kahale, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, dkahale3@hawaii.edu
Robert Yamashita, Basic Needs/HINET Coordinator, robertty@hawaii.edu