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UW & Regional Resources

On-campus and off-campus resources related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Finances, Housing, & Food Insecurity

Emergency Aid UW Seattle
Includes the campus food pantry, short term loans, and an emergency aid request form.

Adjustments to UW Financial Aid
Resources if you have a change in circumstances or special expenses that may affect your ability to afford to go to school.

University District Doorway Project
Resources throughout the U District, Seattle and King County that includes places to get food, shelter, social services, medical care and more. 

Washington 2-1-1
2-1-1 connects callers, at no cost, to critical health and human services in their community. 

The YMCA Accelerator
The YMCA Accelerator can help link those aged 18-24 with housing, case management, and employment.

Moving assistance
For moving help, consider asking a local Buy Nothing group (usually organized by neighborhood on Facebook) or contact the student-run UW Mutual Aid group who might offer resources.

Health & Wellness

Husky Health & Wellbeing
UW Seattle offers a wide range of health and wellness services, from exceptional medical care and counseling services to recreation classes, safety resources, peer health advocacy, trainings and more.

UW Student Care
Are you concerned about a student's well-being? You can make a referral on a student's behalf to Student Care.

UW Livewell Health & Wellness
Get answers from caring professionals about issues from relationship violence, to alcohol and other drugs and emotional health, or explore the trainings and education we offer in living communities and on campus.

UW DEI Resources & Student Groups

University of Washington Diversity Website
University of Washington's home page for campus wide diversity information. Calendar of events and resources for faculty, staff and students.

College of Engineering Diversity Website
Contains diversity mission statement for the college and a list of diversity initiatives, along with contact information.

Disability Resources for Students
DRS is dedicated to ensuring access and inclusion for all undergraduate, graduate, professional, Evening Degree and Access program students with disabilities on the Seattle campus.

Ethnic Cultural Center
The UW Ethnic Cultural Center provides programs and a learning environment where students and student organizations collaborate, develop, and implement programs while building leadership and organizational skills.

Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE)
Information, support and resources for minority students seeking graduate study at the UW.

The Husky Promise
We believe that students from all economic backgrounds should have the opportunity to attend the University of Washington. Finances should not be a barrier to getting an education.

Office of Minority Affairs
A central resource for many of the UW's campus wide diversity outreach, recruitment and retention programs.

Q Center
The Q Center facilitates and enhances an open, safe, inclusive, and celebratory environment for bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, Two-spirit, transgender, intersex, questioning, same-gender-loving, differently oriented, and allied students, faculty, and staff.

University of Washington Women's Center
Home page for the UW's Women's Center which includes classes, programs and events designed to better the lives of women, men, girls and boys through education and community involvement.