Basic Needs & Student Support

Welcome!

The Basic Needs & Student Support department is dedicated to the success of our most vulnerable students at CSUSB Palm Desert and San Bernardino Campuses. The department serves as a multidisciplinary space to house and support the campus' basic needs services and programs. Using a holistic approach to well-being that impacts student success, the department supports students through crisis by leveraging an ecosystem campus-wide approach that utilizes on and off-campus partnerships and provides direct support referrals based on each students' circumstances.

Basic Needs and Student Support Center

The Basic Needs and Student Support Center is a one-stop holistic wellness hub for students to receive personalized compassionate care and individualized support for those who have been displaced, experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, an emergency, and/or a crisis today.

Services include but are not limited to: CalFresh application assistance, Incentive Gift Card assistance, Short-Term Emergency Housing support, Basic Needs Grant support, Swipe Out Hunger meal swipe assistance, and referrals to campus resources.

Complete a Holistic Assessment to determine individual needs, explore options and resources, and help plan immediate and long-term care with you.

Basic Needs Holistic Assessment Questionnaire

Basic Needs Center Hours of Operation