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DACC Comfort Casita
"No One Goes Hungry On Our Campus!"
 
 
 

Food insecurity can affect students' ability to focus on their studies and well-being. DACC's food pantry provides free supplementary food assistance to DACC students, staff, and faculty.

Main Location: Espina Campus DASH 109B
Main Location Spring 2024 Hours:
Monday 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Tuesday 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
 
Comfort Casita

Eligibility-

Students
• Must be actively enrolled in the current term and actively attending in at least one DACC course or a DACC adult education course.
• Students may receive Comfort Casita items once weekly.
• Students who go more than twice monthly will be referred to the AVANZA program for additional resources and support
• The students themselves must be present to receive items
• Must provide Student ID or other identifying information at the time of visit to properly track student visits.

Faculty/Staff
• Faculty/Staff may receive Comfort Casita items once monthly.

In order to ensure DACC Comfort Casita complies with the Basic Needs Grant, we must enforce the eligibility requirements. All non-DACC students, faculty and staff will be referred to food resources within our community.

Comfort Casita Eligibility

What to know before you come -

The Comfort Casita and AVANZA staff are thrilled to announce the launch of our new check-out system!

New Registration is required even if you have visited the Comfort Casita before.

Please take the time to do this before our open hours to help reduce your first checkout time.

Steps:

  1. Go to the website - https://app.pantrysoft.com/login/daccnmsu
  2. Create an Account and Sign up
  3. Log in and complete the registration
  4. Come once weekly if needed during open hours below (no need to schedule)– Please bring your Aggie ID and a reusable bag
Micro Casita

Unable to come to join us at our main location?

Bags are also available at each of the DACC Campuses

Connect with your local AVANZA Student Success Advocate to arrange a pickup time

Locations & Contacts

Chaparral & Gadsden Center- Cynthia Dominguez

East Mesa Campus - Molly McCaskell

Espina Campus - Daniella Rivera

Sunland Park - Email AVANZA

 
Comfort Casita Shopping List- Main Location