With assistance and input from students and UC’s basic needs community of practice, the Center for Economic Justice and ...

Many people think of college students as young adults living on campus and focused on developmental concerns, such as establishing new friends, feeling homesick, and academic pressure. Indeed, many ...

The University of California has called upon Congress to quickly pass federal legislation that would help the nation’s colleges and universities address student needs for basic essentials, including ...

Despite a growing national focus on student basic needs insecurity and its impact on retention and completion, a majority of learners in need have not accessed public benefits or resources from their ...

About three in five college students experienced some level of basic needs insecurity during the 2024 calendar year, according to survey data from Trellis Strategies. Over half (58 percent) of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back in 2019, Trump adviser Steve Bannon laid out their strategy for advancing their policy goals. “All we have to do is flood the zone,” he told Frontline. “Every day we hit them with three things. … ...

Meeting Americans’ Basic Needs A national survey conducted by Hart Research explores different messaging strategies for supporting Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), ...

When a client is struggling with financial or health needs in addition to personal or spiritual ones, it is common to make an appeal to "Maslow's hierarchy," according to which material needs, in some ...