Emergency Grants
Student Assistant 101
CalFresh
Emergency Housing
Obershaw & PDC DEN
100

A student must do this in order to fill out the online Basic Needs grant application.

What is sign in to myCoyote?

100

The maximum hours a student employee can work without a 30 min unpaid lunch break.

What is 6 hours? 

100

This is the name of the website CSUSB uses for CalFresh applications

What is GetCalFresh.org?

100

The number of days CSUSB provides on-campus emergency housing for homeless students.

What is 14 days?

100

The number of days a student may visit the den in one week. 

What is 4 days?

3 snack days

1 grocery shopping 

200

Emergency grants approved by Basic Needs are sent to this department.

What is the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships?

200

The designated uniform for work in a CSUSB panty

What is a Obershaw DEN t-shirt, or polo and closed toe shoes. 

200

True or False: A 21 year old student that lives with their parents and has a child may apply as a household of 1.

What is False. They must apply as a household of 2 with their dependent.

200

PDC students are eligible for this type of emergency housing. 

What is hotel assistance?

200

The food inventory system used to minimize food waste.

1st in 1st out: 1st to expire 1st out

300

A student can see if their emergency grant has been awarded by checking this location in MyCoyote? 

What is their current year financial aid award.

300

The 2 locations student employees can find and create new documents for department use.

What is the DEN google share drive and basic needs canva team folder.

300

The three steps that an individual must complete to receive CalFresh benefits

1. Apply 

2. Submit verification/documentation

3. Complete an Interview

300

A student must complete this process in order  to receive emergency housing.

What is an intake with the Basic Needs Coordinator or CARE Case Management Specialist. 

300

The reason that the San Bernardino pantry is named the Obershaw DEN

What is after donors Charles and Shelby Obershaw because of an endowment to the university. 

400

A student must have this in their financial aid budget in order to receive an emergency grant from Basic Needs.

What is remaining need? 

400

The correct greeting when answering any department office line.

Basic Needs and Student Support, Your name, how can I help you. 

Identify the department

Identify yourself

Ask what sort of assistance they need. 

 

400

Name one of the new student eligibility exemptions that began with the COVID-19 pandemic

$0 EFC

Federal Work Study Eligible

400

In addition to receiving hotel or on campus housing assistance name two additional resources that maybe provided to homeless students. 

What are: 

Emergency Housing Kits

Meal swipe for the commons or grocery cards

211 information

Emergency Grant

CalFresh Application assistance 

400

When the PDC DEN was opened.

What is Spring 2019?

500

The four emergency grant programs offered in Fall 2022.

What are the Basic Needs Emergency Grant, CA Emergency Grant, COVID 19 Grant and Bridging the Gap- PDC Grant.

500

List at least 2 trainings Basic Needs and Student Support student employees are required to complete.

What are:

Food Handlers Training

CalFresh Outreach 101

Civil Rights Training

Defensive driving

500

These are the three basic requirements for CalFresh eligibility

Income

US Citizen or legal resident

Not participating in another food program.


500

In addition to CSUSB emergency housing services a student can call this number to be connected with other community resources.  

What is 211? 

500

The two food banks that support the San Bernardino & Palm Desert Food pantries (full  names please )

What is Community Action Partnerships of San Bernardino and Feeding America Riverside San Bernardino?

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