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Center for Essential Needs

Welcome to the Center for Essential Needs

The Center for Essential Needs provides support to help students navigate challenges that can impact their well-being and academic success. We take a practical, student-centered approach, recognizing the importance of access to basic needs such as food, housing, and financial security.

Our services are available to all enrolled students, including undergraduate, graduate, international, and undocumented students. Through clinical case management, we connect students with essential resources and help them address barriers to stability, so they can stay focused on their education.

Mission and Vision

To provide students with equitable support to ensure that their needs are met and they can persist to degree completion and personal success. To empower Fresno State students by ensuring access to essential resources and fostering a supportive community that eliminates basic needs insecurities, enabling every student to thrive academically and personally.

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Case Management

Case management is a student-centered service that helps Fresno State students navigate challenges that may impact their academic, personal, or emotional well-being. Whether you’re facing a financial crisis, housing instability, family conflict, or difficulty accessing campus or community resources you don’t have to navigate it alone.More information
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Assistance Form

This is the best way for you to access our support and to meet with a case manager to discuss your unique experience and needs.Assistance Form
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Contact Us

Visit: Family Food Science Building, Room 110. 

Call: 559.278.6736. 

Email: centerforessentialneeds@mail.fresnostate.edu

Connect with us on Instagram. 

 

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Support Student Success

Your gift to the Center for Essential Needs supports students' success and overall wellbeing as they pursue a degree. To give, follow the link below, select "other" for your gift designation and write in "Center for Essential Needs."

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