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Basic Needs Basic Needs
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  2. Food Security
  3. CalFresh
  4. Documents

1.  Identification

  • State ID, Driver’s License, Passport, or Student ID

2. Income Information

  • If working: Pay stubs or proof of income from the past 30 days (must include your name).
    • Two most recent paystubs are often required
    • If they get paid through direct deposit, please take a screenshot of your deposit amount and sign the sworn statement
  • If not working: You may not need this section.

3. Housing Information

  • Off-campus: A lease agreement with your name, landlord’s name, address, and total rent.
    • If you share rent, the lease can show the total amount, not just your portion.

  • On-campus: Housing & dining contract (downloadable from HDH under Signature of Tenancy Verification). https://eforms.ucsd.edu/view.php?id=612535
    • Form sent back from HDH is what will be sent in for your application

4. Financial Aid Information

  • Financial Aid Award Letter (from TritonLink Financial Aid Tool). Under Financial Aid -> Select Current Academic Year -> important information ->  View and/or Print your Financial Aid Offer Confirmation -> printer-friendly version -> click print NOT download (download will encrypt your file) -> after print, click save as PDF

  • Cal Grant Students: CSAC Award Letter (emailed by CSAC).
    • If a student cannot find CSAC Award Letter, a sworn statement is highly recommended
  • Graduate Students: If their department is not listed on TritonLink, please contact them directly.

  • School of Medicine Students: Request from their program’s financial aid office.

5. School Verification

  • Download class schedule from TritonLink (must show their name and the university’s name). (tritonlink>advising and grades>academic history> download this page as a pdf> save to computer)

6. Local Program that Increases Employability (LPIE)

  • Submit with your school verification 
    • Graduate students: Acceptance Letter with name of program
    • Undergraduate students: Degree Audit or dashboard of your mytritonlink that includes your name and major
    • Sworn statement highly recommended

7. Release of Information

  • Filling out the Release of Information (ROI) will allow our CalFresh Team to advocate to the County of San Diego on your behalf

8. Sworn Statement 

  • We highly recommend you fill out the Sworn Statement document and submit it with your CalFresh application