Community Advocacy and Resource Education (CARE)
CARE at Lane aims to serve the whole student! We are here to empower any current, prospective, or returning student through on campus and community resource navigation addressing basic need insecurities. We help students access food, healthcare, childcare, housing, transportation, and more. Come visit us during our drop in hours to learn about how we can best support you.
Winter 2024 term hours
- Main Campus (Building 4, Room 210) Monday - Thursday 8:30am - 5pm, Friday 8:30am-2pm
- Downtown Campus (Current LCC students - Room 420) - Mondays 5pm-8pm
We welcome you to visit us during our drop in hours listed above (no appointment needed) and a CARE coach will meet with you to learn more about your needs. If you need to request a virtual CARE meeting please feel free to call us at (541)463-4701 and we will accommodate. Fill out our interest form below if you or someone you know wants to learn more about CARE and other Career Pathways programs!
Fill out an interest form Resources for Students
- SNAP Benefits
- LCC Food Pantry
- UO Food Pantry
- Food For Lane County local Food Pantries - map of all food pantries across Lane County
- Waste to Taste, Weekend Burrito Brigade, and Little Free Food Pantries
- 86 Hunger - Free meal and produce boxes!
- Oregon Food Bank Finder
- Catholic Community Services - visit food pantry or schedule food box pick up!
- Positive Community Kitchen - nourishing meals to people in our community members experiencing a health crisis due to a life-threatening illness
Off Campus Housing
- Titan Court, LCC student apartments
- Eugene Hostel - New partnership to support LCC students with shared dorm space or private rooms!
- Cornerstone Community Housing - "College Corner" is an apartment building specifically for LCC students!
- UO Off Campus Housing Search
- Ducks Village
- Stadium Park Apartments
- The 515
- 2125 Franklin
- 959 Franklin
- 13th & Olive
- Ferry Street Flats
- Chase Village Apartments
Unhoused/Homelessness Support & Shelter Sites
- Coordinated Entry via Front Door Assessor - How to get on the centralized waiting list and/or find local shelter beds!
- Homes for Good - Affordable Housing Resources / Open Rentals - list of open rentals updated monthly!
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Looking Glass - New Roads - serving youth up to 24 years old
- Eugene Mission
- Hope and Safety Alliance
- Sexual Assault Support Services - 24-hour crisis and support line and 24-hour advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and sexual abuse
- Shelter Care
- Catholic Community Services - OASIS program and Front Door Assessments
- Nightingale Shelter
- Community Supported Shelters
Tenant Rights/Renters Rights
- Springfield/Eugene Tenant Association hotline is open and can be reached at 541-972-3715. Leave a voicemail with a brief overview of the issue for which you are seeking help. They will get back to you within 48 to 72 hours. Be sure to state if the issue needs urgent attention!
- SETA Renters Rights Booklet
- How to be "Document Ready" and submit a rental application
- Showers:
- Catholic Community Services Springfield provides shower passes for folks to take showers at WillamaLane Springfield Community Service Center, 1025 G St., Springfield, OR.
- Echo Hollow Park Monday-Friday 9am-12:30pm for 50 cents.
- Laundry:
- Laundry Love provides laundry assistance on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month at Holiday Coin Laundromat, 179 14th St., Springfield, OR from 4:30pm-7:30pm. Names are taken in order of the line at 4:30. You must be in line, by your laundry, to get on the list. Thanks to some generous donations from Springfield Faith Center, quarters to wash and dry, and laundry soap, will be provided. You may wash four loads in 2 front-load machines, or 1 four-load machine or 1 five-load machine. We only have slots for 30 people, so first come, first serve.
Laundry Love on Facebook
- Laundry Love provides laundry assistance on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month at Holiday Coin Laundromat, 179 14th St., Springfield, OR from 4:30pm-7:30pm. Names are taken in order of the line at 4:30. You must be in line, by your laundry, to get on the list. Thanks to some generous donations from Springfield Faith Center, quarters to wash and dry, and laundry soap, will be provided. You may wash four loads in 2 front-load machines, or 1 four-load machine or 1 five-load machine. We only have slots for 30 people, so first come, first serve.
- Carpool at LCC - sign up to be a rider or driver
- LCC bus pass request form
- LTD Ridesource
- Special Fares via Amtrak - coming soon
- LCC Health Clinic
- LCC Mental Health & Wellness Center
- Bushnell University Counseling Center - Free to college students!
- Hourglass 24/7 Walk In Services - 2443, 71 Centennial Loop suite a, Eugene, OR 97401
- OHP One Application
- Lane County Community Health Clinics
- HIV Alliance
- Planned Parenthood
- Whitebird Clinic Basic Needs Resources
- Hope and Safety Alliance
- Sexual Assault Support Services - 24-hour crisis and support line and 24-hour advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and sexual abuse
- Looking Glass Counseling Program
- NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Veterans Affairs Clinic
- Lane County Behavioral Health
- Laurel Hill Center
- New Eyes purchases new prescription eyeglasses for low-income individuals in the U.S. through a voucher program. Come visit CARE to learn more about eligibility requirements!
- TransPonder
- LCC Dental Clinic
- LCC Scholarship Support
- LCC Dreams Fund for DACA / Dreamers
- FAFSA / ORSAA Student Aid
- College Funding for Former Foster Youth
- DevNW IDA Savings Program
- Goodwill Prosperity Program
- WIOA Scholarship- Lane County
- WIOA Scholarships for dislocated workers
- Betty Gray Scholarship for Early Childhood Education
- Oregon Promise for GED Students / recent grads
- Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
- College Funding for Former Foster Youth
- Homes for Good Scholarship Program (ages 17-24)
- Homes for Good Family Self Sufficiency Program
- DHS Jobs Program Information for TANF Recipients
- DHS Vocational Rehabilitation for Individuals with Disabilities
- Training Unemployment Insurance (TUI)
- EWEB income based assistance
- 211 Find Child Care Oregon
- Relief Nursery
- Head Start of Lane County
- LCC Child & Family Center
- Family Relief Nursery
- Preschool Promise
- Employment Related Day Care subsidy (ERDC)
- Early Childhood Cares
- Kids in Transition to School (KITS)
- Black Early Learning
- Getting to know Lane County Child Care
- Parenting Support: Triple P and Parenting Now
- Daisy C.H.A.I.N.
- School-Age Child Care Options
- Lane County Diaper Bank
- The Arc of Lane County - Provides supports to children, youth, and adults who experience intellectual & developmental disabilities and their families
- Developmental Disability Services - case management for children and adults who experience intellectual & developmental disabilities
- Vocational Rehabilitation - skills training and job placement for adults with disabilities
- Lane Independent Living Alliance - peer counseling, skills training, advocacy, and transition to independent living for people living with disabilities
- Cascade Health - grief support services to you and your loved ones throughout your time on hospice and beyond
- Death Cafe - group is passionate about normalizing the conversation about death...
- ShelterCare - Pro-Bono Clinic - Free Services for Homeless persons only located at Eugene Mission 1542 W. 1st Ave, Eugene, OR 541-607-8089
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Community Veterinary Center (income based) 470 HWY 99 N, Eugene, OR 541-636-3324
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Willamette Animal Guild (WAG) (low-income) 3045 Royal ave, Eugene, OR 541-345-3566
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Good Neighbor Mobile Vet Care (med costs) 888-234-1350, clinics vary monthly search for accurate dates/times on their website
Contact Career Pathways
Career Pathways
4000 East 30th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97405
Building 4, Room 210
In Person Services: Mon-Thurs: 8:30am - 5pm, Fri 8:30am - 2pm
We also offer in-person services at LCC's Downtown Campus (101 W 10th Ave, Eugene OR 97401), Room 420: Mon 5pm - 8pm.
Live Remote Services by appointment by emailing careerpathways@lanecc.edu.