Campus surveys and Inside Higher Ed reporting show student mental‑health problems persist despite expanded services; many institutions report demand outstripping counseling capacity. Administrators warned that demand for long‑term care and crisis services continues to grow, straining budgets and clinical staffing. Compounding the crisis, schools prepared for a lapse in SNAP benefits that could hit low‑income students and staff; districts coordinated with food banks and community partners to fill gaps. Campus leaders said disruptions to federal food assistance or child‑care funding would force rapid reallocations and emergency measures, adding pressure to student‑support budgets already stretched thin.