Over 50 community college students in California currently serve as resource guides for peers in need of stable housing, food access and other basic needs. The students are part of the California ...

Student Wen Wen Chen, center, picks up free produce during a Fruit & Veggie Up! giveaway this summer. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) Campus is developing an implementation plan for recommendations in three ...

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 ...

UC leaders released a statement pushing for Congress to pass the Basic Assistance for Students in College, or BASIC, Act, which will scale up funding “to help institutions of higher education meet the ...

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 ...

A new report says using FAFSA data to identify students who qualify for public assistance programs will help pay for their basic needs and boost retention and completion rates. A new policy brief by ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Tri Counties Bank is hosting a basic needs drive to stock the shelves at Renegade Nexus. 60% of college students struggle to pay for food. Bakersfield College aims to ...

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Sacramento State opened its new Basic Needs Resource Center to help students struggling with housing and food insecurity by offering free groceries, including meat and fresh produce, as well as ...

L.A. Community College District launched a guaranteed basic income program in 2024. LAist checked in to see how students are ...