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Hunger & Homelessness Support Network 


 

The Hunger and Homelessness Support Network (HHSN) aims to develop sustainable solutions for UAA students facing housing and food insecurity. Our research team conducted multiple campus-wide surveys to identify economic barriers that impact students' well-being and education.

  • 10.4% UAA students are homeless
  • 36% UAA students experience food insecurity during the school year
  • 37% UAA students don’t know if they can pay rent next month
  • Financial insecurity negatively impacts education and delays program completion for 46% UAA students

UAA employees, students and community programs provide services to help students get what they need so they can focus on their education.

 


FEATURED PROJECTS

 

housing resources from students

food resources for students

basic needs research

 

NEWS & Stories

  • Vanessa Hiratsuka posing by water

    Faculty Spotlight: New NRC Co-Director, Vanessa Hiratsuka

     |  Chynna Lockett  |  , , ,

    Vanessa Hiratsuka from CHD and Britteny Howell from DPHS are the new Co-Directors for UAA’s National Resource Center on Alaska Native Elders. Vanessa Hiratsuka shares her hopes for the center’s future.

  • Brittney Howell pointing to hot air balloon being inflated

    Faculty Spotlight: New NRC Co-Director, Britteny Howell

     |  Chynna Lockett  |  , , ,

    Vanessa Hiratsuka from CHD and Britteny Howell from DPHS are the new Co-Directors for UAA’s National Resource Center on Alaska Native Elders. Britteny Howell shares her journey into geriatrics.

  • Maggie Winston

    Alumni of Distinction: Maggie Winston

     |  Matt Jardin  | 

    One morning in 2005, psychology alumna Maggie Winston — then a 21-year-old hairdresser and mother of twin boys living in Kenai — woke up feeling cramps between her shoulder blades. Within an hour, she couldn’t walk.

  • STEM day family dressed as health care professionals

    Children explore health care careers at UAA STEM Day

     |  Vicki Nechodomu  |  , , ,

    After a two-year hiatus, UAA STEM Day returned to campus on October 1, drawing over 1,500 community members to the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building to celebrate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, commonly known as STEM. Attendees, primarily children, enjoyed activities, challenges, demonstrations, tours, and planetarium shows that explored a wide range of STEM topics from biology to robotics.

  • Covid vaccine

    Line One: Vaccine access for the disabled community

     |  Alaska Public Media  |  , ,

    More than two years into the pandemic, vaccines are widely available and most health measures have been lifted. But there are still Alaskans who have difficulty accessing vaccines or who have continued health risk in spite of them. Sondra LeClair, Health Projects Coordinator, UAA Center for Human Development, discusses vaccine access for individuals with disabilities in Alaska.


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Upcoming Events

 

Contact Us:
Travis Hedwig
Phone: 907-229-2784
Email:  thhedwig@alaska.edu

 

Location:

Professional Studies Building (PSB) 205
2533 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Mailing Address:
Hunger and Homelessness Support Network
3211 Providence Drive, PSB 205
Anchorage, AK 99508

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