States, systems, and colleges in the Great Lakes region have made important investments in basic needs, but more progress is needed. Addressing basic needs--which includes income, food, housing, health, mental health and well-being, child care, transportation, and technology--helps support college access and completion. The Urban Institute conducted a landscape scan of policy and partnership efforts to alleviate student basic needs insecurity in six Great Lakes states by interviewing Illinois stakeholders and reviewing documentation. This fact sheet describes the opportunities to strengthen basic needs supports in Illinois.