With the major need for colleges and universities to provide more focus on basic needs like hunger and housing insecurity, LeadMN has proposed to the Minnesota State Ad-hoc Basic Needs Committee a new system wide basic needs policy that would require colleges to implement a variety of best practices to support students. This policy proposal is a major first step in creating comprehensive supports at every college, and if adopted would be one the first system wide basic needs policy in the country. See the draft policy below:
