Support Your Student’s Critical Needs Beyond the Classroom
1 in 12 students attending college are homeless. 1 in 4 will go hungry tonight. Supporting your students’ basic needs is a critical component to ensuring they graduate.
Support Your Student’s Critical Needs Beyond the Classroom
1 in 12 students attending college are homeless. 1 in 4 will go hungry tonight. Supporting your students’ basic needs is a critical component to ensuring they graduate.
$20,206
Average annual state and federal benefits students may qualify for
15 Minutes
The amount of time it takes for your students to understand what benefits they may qualify for
59% of students
Currently face basic needs insecurities*
Meeting Basic Needs for Student Success
Today’s college students are juggling more than coursework. They’re caring for families, working jobs, commuting from off campus, and often navigating college as the first in their family to attend. For many, basic needs like housing, food, childcare, and transportation stand between them and graduation.
Upswing has partnered with Single Stop to make it easy for students to find support beyond the classroom. Through the Upswing platform, students can easily access Single Stop to find vital campus and community resources that help remove barriers to their success. The Single Stop solution includes:
For Ongoing Needs: All-In-One Social Benefits Screener
Students can determine their eligibility for federal and state benefits in just 15 minutes.
For Urgent Needs: Nearby Resources Locator
Students can easily see local and verified resources on campus and off campus for basic needs support.
For School Admins: Case Manager
Administrators can see their student’s progress applying for and receiving federal and state benefits.
Administrator Reporting
Administrators can better understand their students’ needs and trends to better support them.
Instant Access to Local Resources
With the Resources Map, students can enter their zip code and easily see resources they need such as food pantries, clothing closets, mental health support, and more all within their community. The Resources Map also includes directions and contact information. All resources are verified on a regular basis and can include campus resources as well.
Instant Access to Local Resources
With the Resources Map, students can enter their zip code and easily see resources they need such as food pantries, clothing closets, mental health support, and more all within their community. The Resources Map also includes directions and contact information. All resources are verified on a regular basis and can include campus resources as well.
Help Your Students Get Financial Support
Students receive access to the benefits screener module where they can better understand which state and federal benefits they may be eligible for. On average, students qualify for $20,206 in annual benefits. It only takes 15 minutes for students to understand the benefits they could qualify for.
Help Your Students Get Financial Support
Students receive access to the benefits screener module where they can better understand which state and federal benefits they may be eligible for. On average, students qualify for $20,206 in annual benefits. It only takes 15 minutes for students to understand the benefits they could qualify for.
Administrative Case Management
Administrators receive access to the Case Management module. This module allows them to track and log their students’ progress as they are screened and apply for available state and federal benefits. Administrators can better understand usage, engagement, and outcomes of their students who need basic needs support.
Administrative Case Management
Administrators receive access to the Case Management module. This module allows them to track and log their students’ progress as they are screened and apply for available state and federal benefits. Administrators can better understand usage, engagement, and outcomes of their students who need basic needs support.
Realtime Insights Into Student Needs
Better understand student basic needs trends and KPIs to set benchmarks for student support success through the Reporting module. All reports can be customized and downloaded for easy access so you can support your organization’s impact narrative. Within the reports, you can better understand the total number of students who have completed the benefits screener, what benefits they qualify for, and how those benefits break down across your student population by age, race, and other demographics.
Realtime Insights Into Student Needs
Better understand student basic needs trends and KPIs to set benchmarks for student support success through the Reporting module. All reports can be customized and downloaded for easy access so you can support your organization’s impact narrative. Within the reports, you can better understand the total number of students who have completed the benefits screener, what benefits they qualify for, and how those benefits break down across your student population by age, race, and other demographics.
Basic Needs Support Is Just Part of the Solution
Holistic support is the key to helping more students graduate. This may be resources and services for academics, mental health support, advising, or just being able to provide information at the right time and at the right place. We encourage you to think about a complete solution for your students.
