About | Student Care | Utah Valley University

The CARE Hub is dedicated to helping students connect to resources that will help them address food insecurity, mental health, safety, and housing whether through campus departments or community organizations. Student success begins with making sure that students have their basic needs met so that they can focus on their academics.

Mission	We foster an inclusive environment for wolverines to access food, housing, health and safety.
Vision	To remove barriers and create a place of belonging for all wolverines.

More Than 4,900

students served 22-23 school year

Over 36,000 lbs

of food distributed in 2023

13% Increase

retention and persistence compared to university average

“Your desire to go beyond a student’s initial needs and empower them to take control of their current situation and their future. I’m impressed with the extensive networking the CARE Hub does, connecting students with people and programs that can more specifically help with their circumstances.”

-Current UVU Student Benjamin Shaw

“As an international student, I found myself on several occasions not knowing how to eat for a day and being far away from my family. Because of people like you, I made it this far closer to graduating from college.” 

-Isabella Morales

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Ongoing Programs

Emergency Short-Term Housing Program
Fresh Food Fridays and fresh produce in the pantry
A Volunteer program for students
Local Fruit Tree Gleaning Program
A new physical space with expanded pantry
Case Management and resource referral for students
Growing the Mobile Food Pantry to expand services to West Campus, Wee Care, Wasatch Campus, and the Provo Airport
Accessible recipe videos to help teach healthy meals using pantry items
Participation on 2 state-wide committees, 3 regional committees, 4 UVU committees
Increased education, including staff/ faculty presentations and FOI courses
Increased student presentations for classes and organizations on campus
Ongoing assessments of all programs to best meet the needs of students

In Progress

Programs for Emergency Housing and Rent Assistance
Upcoming partnerships with more food recovery organizations in the community
Increasing safety resources for students at UVU
Additional grants for expanding our housing and food resources
Increasing variety and multicultural foods offered to students
Increasing resources for international and undocumented students

What we've Accomplished

2023 NASPA Winner for Innovative Food Programs
Partnership with UVU GRIT Garden to provide fresh produce to students.
Received Swipe Out Hunger and Kroger grants awarded to address student food insecurity
Received Marriott Daughters Foundation grant
Awarded $132,823 to students through the Emergency Scholarship Fund
Partnership with Costco for food recovery
Partnership with Deseret Industries to help families access needed clothes and household items
Helped 5 Universities in Utah establish basic needs programs for their campuses
Partnership with mRelief- Accessible SNAP sign up for students
Helped establish access to free showers on UVU campus for students
Partnership with United Way to provide Doordash Delivery and Lyft Rides to students
New Emergency Food Card program for immediate food insecurity
Host of the 2022 Utah Food Summit
Increased followership by 300% on Instagram and improved resource visability
Presentedon on Global Food Insecurity at UN “Why It Matters” conference
Created an Afforadable Meal Guide at UVU
Held student focus groups to understand student food insecurity on UVU Campus
Increased staff support and added 2 full time program managers and a Basic Needs Specialist