The NM Basic Needs Consortium is a collaboration of higher education institutions throughout the state. Created by the UNM Basic Needs Project, it was started by UNM faculty and is located in the UNM Honors College. The mission of the NM BNC is to reduce basic needs insecurity in New Mexico higher education through statewide collaboration.
In 2023, the Basic Needs Project conducted the first-ever statewide survey of basic needs at higher education institutions that included faculty and staff as well as students. To browse the survey data, go to our Tableau site.
Our vision is for all college and university students, faculty, and staff in New Mexico have basic needs security through a combination of evidence-based interventions, research, and data collection.
To learn more about the problem of needs insecurity in NM higher education, watch this short video made by the Basic Needs Project in 2022.
Contact us: basicneeds@unm.edu
UNM Basic Needs Project - Explained from The University of New Mexico on Vimeo.
Overview of Food Security, Housing Security, and Homelessness from the results of the 2023 statewide higher education survey of students, faculty, and staff:
If you’d like to donate to the basic needs project, click here. Contact us at basicneeds@unm.edu.
