College Achievement and Retention Experience (C.A.R.E.)

The C.A.R.E. program fosters student success through accountability and personalized support. We help you navigate life’s challenges by connecting you to basic needs resources and coaching you in goal-setting and self-management to ensure your academic and personal success.

Peer to Peer Support
Resources for Students

The College Achievement and Retention Experience (C.A.R.E.) at HonCC strives to foster an environment of accountability, support, and achievement.

Our commitment is to:

Increase student success through proactive intervention and increased interaction with students, faculty, and staff.
Increase student success through guidance, personalized assistance and support as well as access to programs and services that develop attitudes and behaviors necessary for success.
Increase student success through collaboration and cooperation with students, faculty, staff, and support services.

C.A.R.E. Core Values

Optimism – We believe that every student can achieve their academic and career goals and overcome all barriers to success.
Creativity – We strive to find creative and innovative solutions to assist students in overcoming barriers to success.
Humility – We will conduct ourselves so that no student feels as though we have any special importance or are superior to the student in any way.
Compassion – We understand that everyone faces challenges, and everyone needs assistance in meeting them.

The College Achievement and Retention Experience (C.A.R.E.) at HonCC helps students achieve success by focusing on the following outcomes.

Students will be able to:

Develop strategies to achieve their college goals.
Identify on or off campus resources available to them.
Review information related to their academics.

Ina Miller-Cabasug, Retention Specialist

Email | Direct (808) 844-2353

Retention Specialist Ina Miller-Cabasug has been helping students at HonCC achieve success for more than ten years. She has a Master’s in Counselor Education from San Jose State University.

“I want all students to know how truly important they are and that meeting their needs is the college’s most important priority. When any student needs help, no matter what, we can provide resources to help meet nearly any challenge. Just give us a chance to help.”

Peer to Peer Support

How we can help

Peer Coaches can assist with:

Need some extra support this semester? Receive guidance and support from an experienced HonCC student. At HonCC, we understand how important it is to have a support team. Let our peer coaches be a part of your team! To learn more about our CARE peer-to-peer support services, please contact Ina Miller-Cabasug by email or call (808) 844-2353.

Connection to Campus and Community Resources
Guidance on creating an effective instructor-student relationship
Goal Setting
Study Skills

The benefits of having peer-to-peer support:

Someone who can relate to the obstacles you might face in college
A trusted source of support who will listen to any obstacles you may be facing
Someone who has an established connection to the campus

THE CAREPOD: A PODCAST BY THE CARE PEER COACHES

Resources for Students

To explore these topics in further detail, we encourage you to make an appointment with a CARE staff member. Call (808) 845-9290 or email us. You may also visit the CARE office in Building 7, Room 319.

Program Survey

Basic needs includes, but are not limited to, food and housing, clothing, childcare, mental health, financial resources and transportation. At some point in your educational journey, you may face challenges in accessing adequate amounts of food, housing, financial or other resources. This is called basic needs insecurity and millions of college students experience it each year. To ensure that basic needs are met for all UH students, a list of on-campus resources and those available in the surrounding community can be found at the UH Student Basic Needs website.

A UH Basic Needs Café Assistant can help UH students with locating and securing basic needs including food, housing, and financial resources.

New Virtual Basic Needs Cafe
Sunday to Thursday 8pm to midnight and Monday to Friday 8am to noon.

The C.A.R.E. office, in collaboration with Academic Counseling, Hulili Ke Kukui, Student Life and Development, and TRIO-SSS, will host Aloha Harvest to provide free food to students on the following dates: September 23, October 28, November 25 and December 09. Join us in the Student Lounge (Bldg. 2) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.