Important Resources for Students

Search for local resources available to you!

Find a wide array of Pierce County resources by visiting these websites: Apply for SNAP food benefits, state medical insurance, and more!

Financial Coaching Available On Campus: Meet with Charisma to plan your financial future, focusing on budgeting, expense management, credit building, and savings strategies. Or sign up for a Financial Literacy Workshop!

Meet with Audrey for assistance with employment and training resources, including job search support and connections to WIOA programs.

Get help with 2-1-1 Apply for food benefits and more Schedule an Appointment with Charisma Financial Literacy Workshop Schedule an Appointment with Audrey

More resources to help you and your family

- 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
- Nourish Pierce County
- Pierce County Food Banks
- Emergency Food Network Pantry (Searchable by location)
- University Place Food Bank
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Worksource
- Employment Security Department
  - Unemployment Benefits
  - Jobs and Training Benefits

Contact the Workforce Education Resource Navigator

Contact Lorrie Ann

Email: lann@tacomacc.edu
Phone: 253-566-5247

Schedule an appointment