ARE YOU A STUDENT IN AN IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC CRISIS? 

• Did something unexpected happen causing you to need food or housing immediately?
• Are you only eating once a day because you don't have enough money to buy food?
• Has your one week of "couch surfing" turned into a permanent lifestyle, not by choice?

We want to help you find the assistance you need!

There are individuals and groups, both on and off campus, with available resources to get you through your immediate crisis, and hopefully help you avoid a similar situation in the future. 

Students can request assistance for an immediate food or housing crisis using the form button below or by emailing ecrt@sdsu.edu. We also encourage you to explore the resources included on this site. Please note that we cannot guarantee the timeliness or type of response a student may receive from any outside source being referenced on this site. 

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WHAT IS ECRT?

The Economic Crisis Response Team, or ECRT, is a group of staff, administrators, students, and faculty from across campus working together to ensure students experiencing food or housing insecurity, or other immediate, unforeseen financial crises are connected with short-term and long-term aid quickly and without stigmatization.

The team was created to coordinate already existing resources on campus, and collect information on off-campus agencies that provide different types of support to college students in need. We also seek out opportunities to provide access to these different types of support through awareness activities and partnering with others already doing outstanding service related to food or housing insecurity.