Every year a subset of postsecondary students goes hungry and lacks stable shelter. Recent research has helped raise national awareness of basic needs insecurity on college campuses across the US. States and institutions of higher education have, until recently, been approaching the problem of student food insecurity in separate, sometimes contradictory ways. While some institutions have developed wrap-around assistance programs for low-income students that have improved retention and completion rates, the students with the most needs often attend institutions with the fewest resources to support them. Developing state policies that support low-income students, particularly at community colleges, will not only increase the number of successful graduates but also improve students' work-readiness and income earning potential, leading to a stronger workforce for the state. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the primary federal program addressing food insecurity in the country, has incredibly complex rules for who is and is not eligible and postsecondary students are ineligible by default. This brief discusses how states are addressing this gap and provides policy recommendations for how government can better serve food insecure students.