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These health and wellness resources are an extensive, curated collection of tools and resources. The library includes external resources as well as resources that were developed under CCC Health & Wellness or submitted by the colleges. Search by keyword, topic, and/or audience.
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A Step by Step Approach: Launching a Program for Food & Housing Insecure College Students

Written by John C.S. Kepner, advisor to the College Student Basic Needs Program and Trustee Board Member of Gwynedd Mercy University (GMercyU) in suburban Philadelphia. In this blog, John describes his journey of putting together a coalition of community-based organizations … read more

Source: SchoolHouse Connection

A Tale of Two Programs: The Status of Youth in the Rollout of HHAP & Homekey During the Pandemic

This report analyzes the status of youth in implementation of two state-funded programs addressing homelessness during the pandemic: The $650 million Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program (round one), which requires that local jurisdictions dedicate at least 8% to … read more

Source: John Burton Advocates for Youth

Addressing Inequities in Higher Education

Although diversity in higher education has continued to increase over the past 20 years, colleges and universities continue to enroll Black, Latinx and American Indian students in bachelor’s programs at low rates. This Policy Guide explores various types of barriers … read more

Source: Education Commission of the State

Applying Trauma Informed Principles to food Security and Basic Needs

A webinar hosted by JBAY on “Applying Trauma Informed Principles to Food Security and Basic Needs held on February 3rd, 2022 featured Adrienne Markeworth from Leah’s Pantry and Basic Needs Center staff from Mt. San Antonio College and San Diego … read more

Source: JBAY

Back to College or Training: An Editable Toolkit for Assisting Youth with Experience in Foster Care or Homelessness

For young people with experience in foster care and homelessness, these are challenges that they may face on their own. Planning for the coming school year is complicated, and young people with experience in foster care and homelessness need our … read more

Source: SchoolHouse Connection

Basic Needs Helping Students Enroll in CalFresh

A brief video with tips on how to enroll in the CalFresh program at your community college.

Source: California Community Colleges Health & Wellness

Basic Needs, Poverty, and Impact on Academic Success

Basic Needs, Poverty, and Impact on Academic Success describes new data from more than 40,000 California Community College students showing the scale and scope of basic needs challenges in the system. Available in English and Spanish.

Source: California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office

Behind the Asterisk*: Perspectives on Young Adult Mental Health from “Small and Hard-to-Reach” Communities

Behind the Asterisk*: Perspectives on Young Adult Mental Health from “Small and Hard-to-Reach” Communities draws from the lived experiences of marginalized youth and young adults living in poverty. Their voices are the driving force behind our policy recommendations and serve … read more

Source: CLASP

Beyond the Food Pantry: Faculty-Run Emergency Aid for Students

This guide provides information and resources for faculty at colleges and universities to set up and successfully run their own emergency aid programs, including information on the FAST Fund model as one successful example of how faculty-run programs work.

Source: Hope Lab

Beyond the Food Pantry: Spreading the Word – Supporting Students’ Basic Needs with a Syllabus Statement

The persistent underutilization of campus support services is a challenge facing institutions wishing to support students’ basic needs. Campus food pantries and emergency aid programs, for example, tend to serve only a small fraction of food-insecure students on campus. While … read more

Source: Hope Lab

Beyond the Food Pantry: Supporting Students with Access to SNAP

This brief, the first in the Beyond the Food Pantry series, explains how advocates can support students by increasing access to SNAP.

Source: Hope Lab

Bridging the Gap: Connecting College Campuses to the Homelessness Response System

Each year the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development directs over $380 million to California to address homelessness via 38 local Continuums of Care (CoCs). CoCs coordinate local providers working to combat homelessness, yet there is too often a … read more

Source: John Burton Advocates for Youth

Building Trauma-Informed Connections via Telehealth During COVID-19

Pediatrician Dr. Dayna Long and family medicine physician Dr. Erika Roshanravan share the benefits of providing trauma-informed care via telehealth and practices that primary care and behavioral health providers can use to build and strengthen connections to patients and improve … read more

Source: ACEs Aware

CalFresh Outreach Webinar, Part 1 – College Student Food Insecurity: CalFresh Benefits

Through funding from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO), a generous gift from the Kroger Foundation, and a partnership with CSU Chico’s Center for Healthy Communities, the Foundation for California Community Colleges (Foundation) is working to raise awareness and … read more

Source: CalFresh

California Homeless Youth Handbook

With the launch of the Homeless Youth Handbook, advocates and California youth who are unhoused, precariously housed, or transitioning out of homelessness have gained a major new set of legal resources. A multi-year, multi-state pro bono initiative by Baker McKenzie … read more

Source: Bay Area Legal Aid, the Tipping Point Community, Google and Baker McKenzie

California’s Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council White Paper Addressing College Student Homelessness

The paper recommends investing in rapid rehousing programs, college-focused bridge housing, and other housing interventions targeting homeless students; creating incentives for homeless coordinated entry systems to co-locate on college campuses; including representatives from post-secondary education on the HCFC advisory board; … read more

Source: California’s Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council

Campus Challenges and Strategic Priorities in a Time of Change

This report paints a picture of how campus challenges and strategic priorities persist in ways we have come to expect as “business as usual,” but also how bubbles of normalcy can burst under the force of external pressure. The pandemic … read more

Source: Association of American Colleges and Universities

CDSS CalFresh Student Eligibility Guidelines: All County Letter No. 17-05

The purpose of this All County Letter (ACL) is to provide County Welfare Departments (CWDs) with additional clarification on current CalFresh student eligibility rules, key definitions, and an expanded list of programs that qualify a student for an exemption from … read more

Source: CDSS

ChooseMyPlate.gov

Website of the US Department of Agriculture offers tips for eating healthy foods on a budget, daily food plans, sample menus and recipes, and various tools and resources for good nutrition.

Source: US Department of Agriculture

College and COVID-19: Housing Tips

In this video, Jillian Sitjar (Higher Education Program Manager) and Leconte Lee (Communications Manager) highlight housing tips for higher education professionals working with college students experiencing homelessness in the wake of COVID-19.

Source: SchoolHouse Connection
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