Basic
Needs
What are Basic Needs?
Students’ basic needs include access to nutritious and sufficient food; safe, secure, and adequate housing—to sleep, study, cook, and shower; healthcare to promote sustained mental and physical well-being; affordable technology and transportation; resources for personal hygiene; and childcare and related needs. The CSU Office for Basic Needs offers services and connections for students and staff, along with the resources below.
Basic needs security means that there is an ecosystem in place to ensure that students’ basic needs are met.
Basic needs insecurity (BNI) is a structural characteristic affecting students, not an individual characteristic. It means that there is no ecosystem in place to ensure that students’ basic needs are met.
Housing Needs
Housing & Dining Services Outreach
CSU is committed to providing housing and dining options to students who need housing 12 months out of the year. Housing is available to undergrad and graduate students; international students, transfer students, visiting scholars, post-doctoral fellows, and student staff.
- Housing Application Waiver for Pell Eligible Students
- Break Housing – Residence hall students that would like to stay on campus over fall, winter, and spring break may do so by applying for break housing. The break housing application typically opens 1 month prior to the break.
Off-Campus Life
Website: ocl.colostate.edu | Email Address: ocl@colostate.edu | Phone Number: (970) 491-2248 | Fax Number: (970) 491-6196 |
In Person or By Mail: Off-Campus Life 274 Lory Student Center
City of Fort Collins
Neighbor 2 Neighbor Program
Food Needs
- Programming / Workshops
- CSU Food Pantry
- General Services Building (1251 Mason Street).
- Please bring your CSU ID card and bags!
- Pocket Pantries in University Apartment Communities
- University Housing – Aggie Village Family Apartments
- Aggie Village Family Center – 501 West Prospect St, Building 24
- University Housing – University Village Center Apartments, 1600 West Plum, Building 24.
- Ram Ride
- Ram Food Recovery Program
Fostering Success Program
The Fostering Success Program at CSU is a donor-funded community of about 250 students from independent backgrounds and CSU faculty/staff volunteers that provide scholarships, fun events, academic support, and many other resources to Rams.
Housing & Dining Services is part of the support network that connects independent students to resources on campus with their transition at CSU including assistance with their housing application, Ram Orientation, move-in, break housing, the care package program and providing a sense of belonging in the dining centers, residence halls, and university apartment communities.
Student Employment
- Residential Dining Services:
Student Team Member, Student Supervisor, and Student Manager - Conference & Event Services:
Conference Assistants, Mountain Campus Student Staff, Desk Staff - University Housing:
Community Assistants, Operations Assistants, Graphic Designers, Residential Leadership Programs Officers, and Summer Employment. - HDS Facilities:
Maintenance, Environmental Services, Warehouse, Moving Crew, Administrative Positions - HDS Student Ambassadors
Housing & Dining Services Student Employment: Working for Housing & Dining Services provides employment on-campus, prioritizing your academic schedule while providing wages and benefits that support student basic needs.
- Residential Dining Services:
- Care Program:
CARE provides employees with information about, and referrals to, departments/programs at CSU, as well as to agencies and organizations in Northern Colorado. - Employee Housing Program
- Homeless Resource Guide
Student Case Management
Student Case Management helps find the best approach to support students in the immediate situation and provide referrals for ongoing care. They can connect students to the following resources and much more:
- SNAP Benefit
- Office of Financial Aid
- Emergency Housing
- House-A-Ram Fund