Campus and Community Resources
The following is a list of many different forms of assistance for students, both at Purdue and in the surrounding community. If you are unable to find exactly what you need, feel free to reach out to our staff who can help you find what you need.
Academic Support at Purdue
Crisis Support at Purdue
Crisis Support in the Community
- Lafayette Crisis Center
- Lafayette Transitional Housing
- Lafayette Urban Ministry Emergency Shelter
- SIA Safe Haven Home
- YWCA Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Program
- YWCA Emergency Shelter Services
- YWCA Legal Advocacy and Protective Orders
- YWCA Support Groups for Children and Adults
- YWCA Violence Prevention Education
General / Multiple Forms of Assistance
Financial Resources
Financial Literacy
Food Assistance
A list of local food pantries (including those that do not have websites) can be found here.
- Bauer Family Resources Food Pantry
- Brady Lane Church of Christ Food Pantry
- Elmwood Church of Christ Food Pantry
- Faith Community Ministries Food Pantry
- Food Finders Food Bank, Inc.
- Indiana Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC)
- Lafayette Urban Ministry Fishes and Loaves Cooking Class
- Meals on Wheels of Tippecanoe County
- St. John’s / Lafayette Urban Ministry Food Pantry
- Sunday Noon Meal
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Wea Ridge Baptist Church Food Pantry
Rent Assistance
Tax Assistance
- Do I have to file Federal taxes?
- Do I have to file Indiana taxes?
- Federal Education Tax Credits
- H&R Block
- INfreefile
- Lafayette Urban Ministry Tax Assistance Program
- myfreetaxes.com
- Tax Information for Students
- Taxability of Scholarships
- Taxes and Education Expenses
- The Benefit Bank
- United Way of Greater Lafayette - VITA
Transportation
Utility Assistance
Family Support
- Bauer Family Resources
- Boys & Girls Club of Lafayette
- Child Care & Development Fund
- Childcare Services
- Children’s Health Insurance Program
- Discover - Before/After School Care
- Family and Social Services Administration - Tippecanoe County
- Family Services, Inc.
- Faith Based Parent Mentor Program
- Faith Community Infant Care
- Fatherhood Program
- First Friday
- First Steps
- Hannah Community Center
- Indiana Department of Child Services - Child Support
- Indiana Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Program
- Indiana Women, Infants, and Children Program
- Lafayette Urban Ministry After School Program
- Lafayette Urban Ministry 5th Quarter Summer Learning Program
- LifeCare Services
- Matrix Pregnancy Resource Center
- MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers)
- Planned Parenthood
- Pregnant Women’s Program
- Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women (PEPW)
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- The Childcare Resource Network
- YWCA Domestic Violence Intervention and Prevention Program
- YWCA Support Groups for Children and Adults
- YWCA Violence Prevention Education
Health and Wellness
- Adult Mental Health Habilitation Services
- Behavioral & Primary Healthcare Coordination
- Children’s Health Insurance Program
- Health Insurance
- Healthy Indiana Plan
- Hoosier Healthwise
- Hospitals and Community Clinics (see Riggs Community Health Center)
- Indiana State Suicide Prevention
- Mental Health America of Tippecanoe County - Support Groups
- Pregnant Women’s Program
- Presumptive Eligibility for Pregnant Women
- Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness
- Purdue Counseling and Guidance Center
- Purdue Counseling and Psychological Services
- Purdue University Student Health Center
- Purdue Student Wellness Office
- Relationships Anchored in Strength for Everyone
- Sexual Abuse Family Treatment Intervention Program
- Sexual Assault Awareness
- Substance Abuse Treatment
- YWCA Violence Prevention Education
Housing
- Affordable Housing
- Campus Housing
- Day Shelter
- Family Promise of Greater Lafayette, Inc.
- Homeless Hoosiers
- Lafayette Housing Authority
- Lafayette Transitional Housing
- Lafayette Urban Ministry Emergency Shelter
- Mental Health America of Tippecanoe County Supportive Housing
- Off-Campus Housing
- Rental Assistance
- Section 8 / Subsidized Housing
- SIA Safe Haven Home