The Hope Center for Student Basic Needs

We're researchers, scholars, policy advisors & storytellers who envision a world where basic needs insecurity isn't a barrier to pursuing + completing college.

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Plus:

💰 FY26 Basic Needs Grant resources
🤝 New support from @JoyceFdn
✨ Growing our team
✈️ Updates from our work across the country
🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month resources

We're heading into summer grateful for our partners and excited for the work ahead.

Read: https://t.co/QMuNsOAAD2

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Big month at The Hope Center!

📊 New federal longitudinal data confirm what students and practitioners have long known: basic needs insecurity often persists throughout students' college journeys.

Our latest analysis explores what that means for student success.

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Federal longitudinal data can tell us what happens when students can't afford essentials like food and housing.

This is the first in a series exploring what these findings reveal about persistence, well-being, and student success, and how we can fix it: https://t.co/a6jACAYgnw

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Brand new federal longitudinal data reveal a troubling reality: student basic needs insecurity remains widespread, and persists throughout college.

Federal data on basic needs has always been a snapshot. Now, we can understand how hardship shapes students' journeys. 🧵

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📊 We dove into the data from the Beginning Postsecondary Students study and found:

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Congress must protect and expand the whole student support ecosystem.

Students shouldn't have to forgo affordable borrowing, work opportunities, emergency aid, and basic needs assistance to plug a short-term Pell Grant funding gap.

Read our analysis: https://t.co/mwTsqwcTDe

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The House FY27 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill closes the Pell Grant shortfall—a necessary step.

But it would do so while cutting or eliminating other vital supports that help students stay enrolled and complete college. 🧵

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It also cuts federal education research and data collection that help policymakers, institutions, and advocates understand what students need to succeed.

Campuses and policymakers cannot fix what they do not measure.

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The bill would eliminate subsidized loans for undergrads, spiking interest for millions of students, while slashing programs like Federal Work Study & SEOG that low-income students rely on to enroll and stay enrolled. Stay tuned for more analysis in the coming days. (2/2)

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The House Labor-H appropriations bill—scheduled to be marked up on Tuesday—would close the Pell Grant shortfall in the coming year, and modestly raise the maximum award by $50. But it comes on the back of deep cuts to other vital higher education and student aid programs. (1/2)

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The House Rules Committee meets today, Tuesday 6/2: https://t.co/iu1IUywfj1

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This week, the House will consider H.R. 7892, the "No Aid for Ghost Students Act."

Despite its framing, the Department of Ed already has tools to address fraud. The bill instead raises serious concerns about expanding executive power over federal student aid. 🧵

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Students should not become collateral damage in political fights over fraud prevention.

Read our analysis 🔗: https://t.co/02wVAFZW7T

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Huge thanks to @Amanda7thStreet, José Miranda from @TICAS_org, and Jonathan Elkin from @CCTrustees for sharing their expertise!

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Missed last week's webinar on the grant competition for the FY26 Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program ("Basic Needs Grant")?

We've got you covered👇🧵

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📺 Watch the recording: https://t.co/ayHZFxCMed
📝 Access the application, due June 23—just over 3 weeks away: https://t.co/QW9qbdpRYf

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We’re thrilled to be joined by an incredible panel of leaders deeply engaged in higher ed policy:

✨Our @bmckib & @MarkHuelsman
✨@Amanda7thStreet, Seventh Street Strategies, formerly @usedgov
✨@jnmiranda7, @TICAS_org
✨Jonathan Elkin, @CCTrustees

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Last call!🚨

TOMORROW at 1 PM ET, join us for an information session on the FY26 Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program (“Basic Needs Grant”) competition. We’ll discuss potential strategies for building strong applications in a rapidly shifting higher ed landscape.🧵

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$10 million is available through the FY26 Basic Needs Grant competition, and applications are due June 23.

Eligible applicants include:

✔️Institutions of higher education
✔️Higher ed systems
✔️Tribal organizations/agencies

Register: https://t.co/2C8VOdBM9Z