The Basic Needs Committee is a campus-wide cross-functional committee responsible for the implementation of an action plan to provide a timely, efficient, equitable, and effective response to students with basic needs insecurity.
The committee is guided by the following principles, which inform the approach to address basic needs:
- Students using basic needs services should be central to organizing and visioning the work.
- We should pay close attention to equity and inclusion and be culturally responsive.
- We should work in collaboration with other basic needs activists and services in the larger community.
- Research should regularly guide the services we offer.
The Basic Needs Action Plan identifies four goals and associated actions, which the committee will steward toward completion. The four goals are:
- Establish a Basic Needs Program.
- Increase awareness about basic needs resources offered at SCU from less than 30% of students to over 50% of students by 2024.
- Decrease the percentage of students experiencing basic needs insecurity at Santa Clara University, prioritizing food and housing insecurity.
- Partner with universities and regional and national networks in the Basic Needs ecosystem to lead change.
- Committee Membership
- Basic Needs Action Plan