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 ...

In August, 68% of families who have a child with a disability reported difficulty in the past month meeting one or more basic ...

CU Boulder offers resources to help our campus community with food insecurity and meeting other basic needs. The Basic Needs Center can help students find equitable access to food, housing and other ...

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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 ...

Over 50 community college students in California currently serve as resource guides for peers in need of stable housing, food access and other basic needs. The students are part of the California ...

For low-income households, it’s no surprise that a large proportion of their spending goes to basic needs, such as housing and food, while high-income households have traditionally had more ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do you truly understand the difference between needs and wants? Unlike needs, wants are not absolutely necessary, but you should work both into your budget.