Community organizations are trying to fill the growing need for school supplies, food and clothing for back-to-school season.

When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru. She’d spent ...

Amid technological advancements and societal crises, finding accurate online information quickly and easily can be difficult. A new tool developed by UC Santa Cruz researchers and graduate students at ...

As the cost of higher education has grown and students from more diverse backgrounds have found their place in colleges, basic needs insecurity has risen as a retention concern. National data finds 22 ...

The Basic Needs Center provides support to students experiencing food and housing insecurity. Through volunteerism, donations and other resources we are able to support our Buffs. The 2024 Basic Needs ...

When UC Irvine’s FRESH Basic Needs Hub opened in 2017, Andrea Mora was the only full-time employee manning the 1,800-square-foot trailer located in the parking lot of the coming Mesa Court residence ...

Students in today’s world at all ages need basic requirements to receive and gain their full academic potential. Some of those needs include a stable environment to complete homework and obtaining ...

Student Success Programs has announced the launch of Purdue’s Basic Needs Program in place of what was Span Plan Nontraditional Student Services. The Purdue Basic Needs Program improves student ...

For the past 11 years, I’ve been running a diaper and baby supply bank. It may come as a surprise that for the first few years, I didn’t even know what a diaper bank was. I had never heard of diaper ...