Action Plan

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• The concept of the Hub services includes student resources to help with food insecurity, transportation, housing, and “just in time” student support resources.

• The Hub’s draft service components include:

• Roary’s Market - Provides weekly groceries to students (source: Second Harvest; Grocery Rescue from local stores, Basic Needs Grant, FHDA Foundation Donors)

• Roary’s Satellite Food Pantry Program - Providing a monthly stock of snacks to small pantries across the campus (source: Basic Needs Grant)

• Roary’s Cafe - Providing daily snacks, coffee and tea (source: Basic Needs Grant)

• Roary’s Closet - Providing lightly used clothes to students (source: Community donations)

• Roary’s Resources - Provides monthly toiletries and personal hygiene supplies, period products, school supplies, baby supplies, and “just in time” support resources like one-time emergency grants (source: Basic Needs Grant, FHDA Foundation Donors; Financial Aid Office)

• Fiscal, Facilities, Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (FF&E) planning conversations continue.

• Dean of Enrollment Services and our Basic Needs Coordinator adds three new Hub positions to the team: (2) Student Success Specialists and a (1) Veterans Resource Center & Basic Needs Center supervisor.

• The foundations of a Student Ambassador Program begins!

• The Food Pantry operations in the Outreach Office close its doors. The Pantry is packed up and moved into the Hub at the Baldwin Winery. Staff move into their offices.

• Planning continues; funds are encumbered, and FF&E is purchased.

• The Hub creates a mission statement and completes its first program review.

• Our mission is to meet all students' basic needs—food, transportation and housing supports—while honoring the dignity of our students and establishing strategic public and private community partnerships to ensure access to sustainable resources.

• The Hub kicks off student basic needs retention events and services.

• The Hub augments its Satellite Food Pantry Program to 20+ sites around campus [https://www.deanza.edu/resources/hub/roarys-market/locations.html].

• The Dean of Enrollment Services enters into conversations to have a larger Roary’s Cafe in the location of the former Le Cafe (lower level, Hinson Campus Center).

• Pacific Dining partnership entered with the Hub in an effort to support our local businesses. The Hub purchases meal vouchers for students.

• The Hub operations begin the first round of assessments relating to operations maintenance and facilities (regular maintenance of all Hub machinery, safe food handling regulations, proper disposal of food waste, routine cleaning, etc.).

• The Hub team assesses our first two quarters of services, partnerships, and expenditures; and draft a projected budget and annual retention events calendar for the 2026-27 academic year.

• Planning for the new Roary’s Market continues; funds are encumbered, and FF&E is purchased.

• PowerCup partnership entered with the Hub in an effort to support our local businesses. The Hub purchases specialty tea and espresso beverage vouchers.

• Open New Roary’s Cafe (?) / Planning for the new Roary’s Market continues; funds are encumbered, and FF&E is purchased.

• Develop Student Ambassador programming.

• The Hub team begins assessment work on our Fall 2026 services, partnerships, and expenditures.

• Adjust budget for the remainder of the 2026-27 academic year with Grants Office (Basic Needs Budget); Student Aid (Financial Aid Office); Additional Support (FHDA Foundation)

• The Hub kicks off its 2027-28 new year!

• Additional student basic needs retention events and services in partnership with our campus and community partnerships, and donors begin!

• The Hub team completes reflections from 2026-27 and begins to design assessments to evaluate 2027-28 service offerings, retention events, and partnerships. Assessment findings will guide 2027-28 Hub goals, basic need grant commitments, service offerings, retention events, and partnerships.

• The Hub team plans draft an annual facilities maintenance plan in partnership with Campus Operations and District Facilities.

• AB 148 provides funds for a 2-year pilot that allows food pantry access to staff. The Hub pilots Community Thursdays in academic year 2026-27 and 2027-28.