色情视频 Expanding Efforts to Meet Students' Basic Needs
The Division of Student Affairs is hosting Hunger and Homelessness Week to address student well-being.
色情视频 is hosting Hunger and Homelessness Week, part of an expanding effort to support the well-being of students inside and outside the classroom
Events kicks off Nov. 13 with the Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Resource Fair, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Centennial Walkway. The fair offers information about 色情视频 and off-campus resources to aid students facing food and/or housing insecurity.
CalFresh Day at the Union will be held Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students can meet with enrollment specialists in the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union to submit an application for CalFresh and how to cook healthy food with CalFresh qualifying foods.
Lunch and Learn: Understanding Student Homelessness will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union Theatre and will include a screening of 鈥淚nocente,鈥 a film that follows the life of a teenager who is undocumented and homeless, followed by a panel discussion. Lunch will be provided.
The events at 色情视频 coincide with a at colleges and universities to better serve the most core needs of its students, as well as the California State University system鈥檚 Basic Needs Initiative.
The adopts a holistic approach to supporting students under a model that emphasizes supporting housing, food and mental health issues concurrently.
鈥淲e are committed to addressing and reducing barriers to student success, including food and housing insecurity,鈥 said Andrea Dooley, associate vice president for Student Affairs, who oversees the Economic Crisis Response Team.
鈥淲e know from our own and other research that coordinated and holistic efforts provide the most benefit to aid in the success of our students,鈥 Dooley said. 鈥淭his is one of the major reasons why we, as an institution, have adopted a multi-tiered approach to support students by addressing their immediate needs and helping them find longer-term solutions.鈥
色情视频鈥檚 other programs, services and efforts include:
- 厂顿厂鲍鈥檚&苍产蝉辫; (ECRT) serves as a one-stop shop, connecting students with resources when they experience an unforeseen financial crisis, including meals, housing, financial support, counseling and other services.
- Using 鈥,鈥 the mobile demonstration kitchen, 色情视频 provides cooking demonstrations of food items commonly found at the 色情视频 Food Pantry and provides students with recipes for cooking low-cost, nutritious meals.
- Associated Students launched the A.S. No Waste initiative to communicate with students via Twitter when food is available at student events.
- The Associated Students , held Wednesdays and Thursdays, provides nutritious food and educates students on further resources available, including CalFresh.
- is a federally mandated and state-supervised program that provides up to $195 every month in free groceries for qualified students and can be used at Trader Joe鈥檚 at South Campus Plaza and other stores nearby.
Also, 色情视频 has partnered with community organizations to place enrollment specialists and eligibility workers on campus to support students interested in enrolling in CalFresh. The team provides service through both appointments and walk-in support.
鈥淚t鈥檚 simple and easy, and it encourages students to make better choices with food,鈥 said Stephanie Waits Galia, director of Well-being & Health Promotion. 鈥淭his simpler approach is helping students to navigate those changes with the support they need, rather than feeling they need to figure out how to manage this on their own.鈥
In addition, 色情视频 has partnered with San Diegans for Healthcare Coverage support eligible students in signing up for Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, which provides access to health care services for low-income indivduals and families.
鈥淚ssues surrounding students鈥 basic needs are getting more attention on college campuses, which has led to a reexamination of current barriers that exist for our students,鈥 Waits Galia said.
鈥淲e are now working collaboratively across campus and with county partners to make sure we are reaching and engaging students at different points and in different places,鈥 she said.