Important Resources for Students

• Unsure what to do next if you're already a student? Current Student Help
• Visit our Titan Food Pantry for staples, personal care items, and fresh foods (when available):Max and Margi Harned Titan Food Pantry
  • Mobile Food Bank on TCC Campus Lot F (On Mildred Street side) - Every Tuesday 4:30 - 6:30PM

• New to TCC, have questions, want support getting started: TCC Outreach
• Navigating through TCC Resources: TCC Life
• Find the right program and support:TCC Academic Support
• Need a laptop, internet, or Wifi services: TCC Technology Resources
• Need child care? TCC Early Learning Center
• Free Counseling for Students: TCC Personal Counseling

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• Nourish Pierce County
• Pierce County Food Banks
• Emergency Food Network Pantry (Searchable by location)
• University Place Food Bank

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• College Housing Assistance
• Pierce County Homeless Programs
• Pierce County Homeless Walk-in Assistance
• Metropolitan Development Council
• Coordinated Entry

• Tacoma Housing Authority and other Housing Resources

• Pierce County Human Services
  •  provides rental assistance and a list of affordable housing resources for Tacoma
• The Collegiate Homesharing Program (CHS) offers Tacoma residents the opportunity to help local college students obtain affordable housing by utilizing that ‘spare room’ in their home. This program offers housemate matches based on lifestyles and personalities. Read this flyer for additional resources. 
• Paying Your Rent
• Local Apartment Complexes

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• Pierce County Energy Assistance Program
  • Get help to pay heating bills directly to utility companies for eligible applicants
• My Tacoma Public Utilities
• Puget Sound Energy
• Internet Essentials

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• Pierce County Crisis Line or 1-800-576-7764
• King County Crisis Line or 1-866-427-4747
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or 1-800-273-TALK
• Culturally Responsive Crisis Counselor or text STEVE to 741741 
• United Way Helpline 2-1-1 or 1-877-211-9274 
• Sexual Assault Crisis Line-Tacoma or 1-800-756-7273 
• National Sexual Assault Hotline- RAINN or 1-800-656-4673 
• WA State Domestic Violence Helpline  or 1-800-562-6025
• National Domestic Violence Hotline  or 1-800-799-7233
• WA Recovery Helpline  or 1-866-789-1511 Press 1
• Mental + Emotional Well-Being Support 
• BIPOC Mental Health Resources 
• SAMHSA National Hotline or 1-800-662-HELP

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• Tacoma Pierce County Health Department - Family Support
• Child Care Resources
• Child Care Aware
• Tacoma Schools - Get Involved
• TCC Early Learning Center
• Apply for Subsidized Childcare
• ECEAP and Headstart
• Parent Support Programs
• Financial Coaching

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• Worksource
• Employment Security Department
  • Unemployment Benefits
  • Jobs and Training Benefits

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• Match Scholarship to You
• DO-IT Scholarship Board
• Fast Web
• FinAid
• College Success Foundation
• Student Scholarships
• Washington Opportunity Scholarship
• MDC-Hope Educational Opportunity Center
• College Board

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• LGBTQIA
  • Rainbow Center - Tacoma
  • Oasis Youth Center
  • PFLAG Tacoma
  • Tacoma Older LGBT
• BIPOC
  • The Tacoma Urban League
  • The Black Collective
  • Black Founded Arts Organization
  • Puyallup Tribe
  • Asia Pacific Cultural Center
  • Pacific Islander Community Association WA
  • Korean Woman Association
  • Tacoma Community House
  • Islamic Center of Tacoma
• Legal Aid
  • Pierce County Legal Assistance Organizations
  • Tacoma Probono Community Lawyers

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