This document discusses a range of policy and practice options that states can undertake to increase college student access to public benefits. The Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP) has leveraged its hands-on policy and cross-issue technical assistance expertise to identify these options. Many states have already implemented one or more options, often through embracing state flexibility under federal law. This document is intended to stimulate state discussion, research, planning, partnership building, and action. It also may be used to develop key messages to begin shifting the narrative from a deficit-based description of public benefit recipients to a focus on the importance of public benefits for college enrollment, success, and attainment. Each of the document's eight sections are discussed in relation to college student access to public benefits: (1) Cross-Program Access and Alignment; (2) Improvements to Postsecondary Education Policy, Funding, and Practice; (3) The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); (4) SNAP Employment & Training (E&T); (5) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); (6) Child Care Assistance; (7) Free or Low-Cost Health Insurance; and (8) Housing Assistance. Combining policies and practices within each, and across, these sections may produce better outcomes.