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 ...

According to the Center for the Transformation of Schools at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), one in 10 CSU students experience homelessness. Students with housing insecurities often ...

The Air Force is seeking a massive increase in funding for Basic Needs Allowance in fiscal 2027, budgeting over $42 million ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last few years, colleges have paid much greater attention to student basic needs. That refers to the basics of life: food, shelter, transportation. Step one for many colleges in addressing ...

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Four in 10 Americans are struggling to pay for their basic needs such as groceries or housing, a problem even middle-class households confront, according to a new study from the Urban Institute.