The Basic Needs Affairs Coalition will strategize to ensure that students have their basic needs met across multiple areas, specifically food, financial, and housing security; This is in addition to advocating for other basic needs barriers that may arise, such as understanding government assistance. By working with UCI Departments, the UCI Basic Needs Center, and other relevant departments and organizations, the Basic Needs Affairs Coalition will create policy-informed advocacy plans to ensure that students basic needs are being met, and advocating for eradicating the barriers that many students may face to get access to basic needs resources.