More Resources

• UW-Madison Housing: Find housing on campus, including family housing.
• Off-Campus Housing: Find housing off-campus.
• Tenant Resource Center
• Dane County Housing Initiative (DCHI)
• The Elizabeth House: Emergency housing for pregnant, single women.

• The Open Seat – UW Student Food Pantry
• The Keep Food Pantry
• Slow Food UW
• Badger Fare Program: Program for students experiencing temporary and ongoing food insecurity
• Campus & Community Resources
• Basic Needs Resources (UW Financial Aid): Resources for food, health insurance, mental health, internet & technology.
• Badger Caring Closet: Provides clothing, hygiene products and school supplies at no cost to students in need.
• Madison & Dane County Public Health: Food Assistance, health care, housing & utilities, and more.
• City of Madison Health & Safety Resources
• Pregnancy Helpline: Offers child needs assistance for diapers, clothes, etc.
• WIC –  provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition and breastfeeding information, and referral to other health and nutrition services for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age 5 who are found to be at nutritional risk.
• St. Vincent de Paul Clothing Vouchers

• UW Madison Transportation Services: Bikeshare, Campus Bus, Carpool, Emergency Ride Home, etc.
• Wisconsin app: An app for real-time tracking for all campus bus stops.
• ZipCar: UW-Madison has partnered with ZipCar to provide student memberships to its car-sharing service at a reduced cost.
• Student Parking
• SAFEwalk – A free, nighttime walking companionship service to help you get to and from near-campus locations safely.

• UW Student Health Insurance Plan
• BadgerCare Plus: Health care program alternative to the UW Student Health Insurance Plan. It helps low-income children, pregnant people, and adults in Wisconsin.
• Covering Wisconsin: Non-profit that connects Wisconsin residents with health insurance and other programs that support health.
• UW Mental Health Services
• Badger Recovery:Program for students in or considering recovery from substance use.
• UW Recreation & Wellbeing
• SPARKS: Parent video series designed to help families find early moments of connection and strengthen discussions with providers at each primary care visit.
• The Rainbow Project Child & Family Counseling & Resource Clinic
• National Alliance on Mental Illness – Wisconsin: Resources for parents of children and youth.

• Dane County Disability Services
• Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)
• Birth to Three, Developmental Support for Children and Families
• Dane County Birth to Three Programs
• Understanding Disabilities
• Vroom.com – Digital tools & resources for science-backed early learning for children from birth to age 5
• Early Childhood Special Education MMSD
• Aging and Disability Resource Center: Resources for older adults, people with disabilities and their caregivers and families.

• PBS Kids for Parents
• ABCYA: Preschool Learning Focusing on Early Skills
• ABCMouse: Early Learning Academy
• Adventure Academy: Learning games & videos for reading, math, science, and more

• Graduate School Resources
• Undergraduate Advising 
• UW-Madison Tutoring & Learning Support Resources
• UW-Madison Libraries
• McBurney Disability Resource Center
• English as a Second Language
• Computer and Tech Support
• Career Services
• Teaching Assistants Association

• Gender and Sexuality Campus Center 
• International Student Services 
• Multicultural Student Center 
• Resources for Returning Adult Students
• Transfer Transition Program (Undergraduate Transfer Students)
• University Veteran Services 
• Wisconsin Student Parents Organization

• Dean of Students Office – Pregnancy and Parenting Students: Ways to support pregnant and parenting students including absences, rights, and accommodations.
• Equal Opportunity Complaint
• Report Bias or Hate Incident
• Report Sexual Misconduct
• Survivor Services
• File a Child Care Complaint

• Emergency Support (UW Financial Aid)
• Crisis Loans & Grants (Dean of Students)
• Emergency Assistance: City of Madison one-time payment that can help low-income parents pay an emergency housing or utility-related expense.
• Respite Center: Emergency child care for families in crisis.
• Emergency Child Care Grant: Office of Child Care & Family Resources grant for child care coverage in cases of crisis situations (death in family, unexpected loss of job, etc.)

For urgent (but not emergency) child care needs, see Hourly/Back-up Child Care Services.