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

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 ...

The nonprofit A Turning Point KC is located in the Northland, providing basic needs, as well as education to equip its ...

Raising children is complicated. They don’t come with instructions. Full-time parents and caretakers juggle so many tasks from feeding, to playtime, to bath time and everything in-between. It gets ...

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Branching from the Volunteer Resource Center, the volunteer program for the Basic Needs Center had a head start developing our relationships. We have strong ties with the Community Food Share food ...

Volunteers load a vehicle at a Military Family Advisory Network food distribution event in Norfolk, Va., in May. (Courtesy of MFAN) Low-income military families are now a step closer to getting a new ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In his famous paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation,” psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed a ...

With the cost of living having increased to exuberant prices since the pandemic, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College launched a new center that provides groceries and resources to students ...

With tariffs, economic uncertainty, cuts to food banks, and rising grocery bills, officials who fight for their constituents’ basic needs will be on a strong foundation. Americans know any of us could ...