Basic Needs Home

Welcome! Please join the course for updates on our free food and housing resources! 

Check out our updated Spring 2025 flyers for more information: Basic Needs Resources & Events

Submit the Basic Needs Request (Formerly known as Emergency Aid Application) for food, housing, transportation, technology, mental health, and child care: LBCC Basic Needs Request Links to an external site.

We recently expanded our parenting student resources, see what we have available: Parenting Student Resources

Long Beach City College has implemented a basic needs program to address hunger and housing insecurity among students. The program is supported by the Healthy Viking Initiative and will provide increased access to food, direct referrals to appropriate housing agencies, and information regarding transportation resources for LBCC students.

Our goal is to make sure every LBCC students' Basic Needs are taken care of, so you can focus on your studies and achieving your academic and career goals, without having to worry about how you are going to access food, or a safe place to sleep. It is our responsibility to help connect you with resources, and it is your responsibility to let us know when you need the support. We work best when we work together, and we can only know how to help if you contact us. You can email us anytime at BasicNeeds@lbcc.edu. 

This Basic Needs page will give you the information on how to contact us, what type of food and housing support we have available, as well as additional resources you may need.

Asking for Help

MOST important of all, is that you know how to ask for help. Sometimes it can be difficult admitting that we are in a tough situation, or that we have a problem that needs help. Some of us are even raised that we are not supposed to ask for help, and that we should be able to figure things out on our own. This is NOT TRUE. If you want to be successful, asking for help is a skill that must be practiced to achieve your goals and dreams. It takes a village, and our Viking Vaults are a safe space and judgement-free zone for you (what's more safe than a Vault?). It's important to build your community at Long Beach City College, and we hope you include us in your support circle. Please feel free to stop by our Viking Vaults when you get to campus to see for yourselves what we have to offer, and you can always send us an email to ask us questions.

Please email us for any support or general inquiries: BasicNeeds@lbcc.edu. 

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