It’s hard to perform well in school when you are hungry or homeless. To help combat these grave difficulties, a policy (AB 132) went into effect last year requiring California colleges to establish ...

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 ...

Did you know about 3 in 5 college students experience basic needs insecurity related to food, housing, water, or safety? The Dean of Students Office recognizes that meeting basic needs has become more ...

Support the center in a way that works for you, from volunteering to financial donations. The Basic Needs Center accepts donations of food and personal care items to stock the Buff Pantry and mobile ...

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In his famous paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation,” psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed a theory called the Hierarchy of Needs. The basic premise of the theory is that all human actions seek to ...

coordinating with campus and community partners, identifying community resources available to students, communicating with students about and connecting students to resources for which they may be ...

February 5, 2026 - Fresno Unified invested $30 million in services that go beyond traditional academics, from housing assistance to music production and lunchtime sports. Roy Vicerra, a first-year ...

Many students this semester may be facing food and housing insecurity, along with other major life disruptions. We have collected information about available campus resources for such students, and ...

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 ...