ALT Excerpt from a letter to Congress: "Today’s college students are balancing needs beyond the classroom, supporting families, and experiencing food insecurity. Thirty-nine percent of today’s college students come from low-income backgrounds, and 51% are financially independent. Further, 51% of college students face food insecurity, and 70% parenting college students report basic needs insecurities. Too many of today’s students have to make untenable choices between their basic needs like food and other living expenses or covering tuition and textbooks.