Welcome to the Basic Needs Center

• LACC Pop-up Food Pantry (Bring your own bags & student ID)
• Local Food Pantries
• Grocery Distribution Program
• Serve LA - Hot Meals (0.7 mi from LACC)
• CalFresh / Food Stamps / EBT
• 211 Food Resources

• Fresh Success Textbook Assistance 
• EOPS Textbook Assistance
• LACC Foundation Textbook Scholarship

• The LACC MLK Jr. Library has a limited number of Instructor Reserve textbooks available for 2-hour, library use only check-out. Copiers and scanners are available. Check out the OneSearch catalog to see if the library has your textbook; if they do not have your textbook, please visit the Circulation desk in the library with a copy of your textbook to be placed on reserve. 

• To speak with one of our Wesley Health case workers for housing services (i.e. shelter referrals, affordable housing, voucher programs), please contact our office.

• Shower Access:

  • In accordance with California Education Code Section 76011 and LACCD Administrative Procedure 5220, campus shower facilities are available exclusively to currently enrolled students during designated hours of operation. Access is by appointment only.

    Shower Availability

• Location: Kin North
• Hours: by appointment - please contact CCN office for details.
• Facilities are available only during operating hours.
• Student use must not conflict with intercollegiate athletic programs or with credit/non-credit classes.  

• PATH
• LA Homeless Services Authority
• 211 Housing Resources

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• 211 Utilities Resources
• Utility Company Emergency Assistance

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• Safe Parking Program: Access to park a vehicle in a safe parking lot with onsite security and restrooms (site amenities may vary according to each site), administered by LAHSA.

• Tech2Go Computer Bundles - Participating Libraries
• Hot Spot Locator - LA County
• Mobile Hot Spots - LA Public Library
• Low-Cost Internet, Computer & Technology:
  Get Connected Los Angeles
  CollegeBuys
  Human I-T
  PCs for People

• Free Online Digital Literacy Program - Human I-T offers a self-paced computer and internet training, available in both English and Spanish.

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• LACC Library
• Student Union Computer Lab: with your ASG sticker, you can also feel free to use the computer lab on the 2nd floor of the Student Union Building. You will need to bring your student ID card and show the attendant your ASG sticker. If you do not have an ASG sticker yet, you can pay for your ASG fee and obtain an ASG sticker at the Business Office (2nd floor of the Student Services Building). 
• Free (Noncredit) Computer Courses at LACC:
  VOC ED 003CE - Workplace Readiness - Computers 
  VOC ED 103 - Intro to Word Processing
  VOC ED 104 - Intro to Spreadsheets
  VOC ED 105 - Intro to Multimedia Presentations (Noncredit)
  VOC ED 128CE - Intro to Keyboarding and Windows for the Workplace
  VOC ED 129CE - Introduction to the Internet
  BSICSKL 062CE - Basic Computer Literacy for Students with Disabilities 

• Metro GoPass (Free Public Transit for All LACC Students)
• 211 Transportation Resources

• 211 Mental Health Resources
• TimelyCare: Virtual mental health assistance (free for students)
• LACC Health & Wellness Center / Wesley Health Center 
  The LACC Health & Wellness Center is located in Student Services Building (SSB) Room 120.
  (Enter on South side of building to take the stairs/elevator to the office.)

• Peace Over Violence is a sexual and domestic violence, intimate partner stalking, child abuse and youth violence prevention center.

• Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law: We protect victims of domestic violence and improve the well-being of children living in poverty. With the help of volunteers, the Center provides free family law assistance and legal education to low-income Angelenos.

• East LA Women's Center: Services for domestic violence include individual and group therapy, case management services, crisis intervention, safety planning, advocacy, and healing groups.

• 211 Family & Children Resources
• 211 Childcare Resources
• CalWORKs Childcare
• WIC Program: Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
• Diaper & Hygiene Kit Program through LA County Library
• Additional info on Childcare, Financial Support, etc. on the Resources for Students with Children Webpage

• LACC Career Center (free career assessments, resume assistance, etc.)
• 211 Income & Employment Resources
• LACC Online Job Board
• Chrysalis: Job-readiness Program (Various locations; downtown office is 4.6 mi from LACC)

Book an appointment with a City Cares Network/Fresh Success counselor

Cubby's Closet Spring 2024 Hours

Mon: 8:00-12:00
Tues: CLOSED
Wed: 9:00-2:00 
Thurs: 8:00-12:00 
Fri: CLOSED

• Students with the ASG sticker can pick out one full outfit per month for free.
• Location: Enter through the hallway door located to the left of the ASG Office, 2nd floor of the Student Union Building.
• * You will need to bring your student ID card and show the attendant your ASG sticker. If you do not have an ASG sticker yet, you can pay for your ASG fee and obtain an ASG sticker at the Business Office (2nd floor of the Student Services Building).