SHEEO's Basic Needs Data Academy: Using Data to Inform Action

SHEEO's Basic Needs Data Academy: Using Data to Inform Action

Participants in SHEEO's Basic Needs Data Academy will share their work in improving basic needs data collection and integration into state postsecondary data systems. The academy is designed to support state postsecondary teams in fostering the policies, practices, and conditions associated with effective use of basic needs data. Panelists will share their team's goals, progress, and strategies for better using data to address postsecondary student basic needs insecurities and improve student outcomes.

Session Information

Format: Internet live 
Date: February 6, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET 

Format: Internet, self-paced 
Release Date: February 7, 2026
Expiration Date: February 6, 2028

After the expiration date, this session will no longer be accessible for viewing or downloading.
CE Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by the expiration date.

Cost:
FREE

Speaker(s)

Carolyn O’Keefe, PsyD
California State University

David Meyes, EdD, MSW
University of Georgia

Carrie Klein, PhD
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) 

April Lopez, MS
SUNY Oswego

Intended Audience

• Administrator
• Health Educator
• Student

Learning Objectives

After this session, participants should be able to: 

1. Recognize the varied landscapes and definitions of basic needs data and the role of state postsecondary agencies in this space.
2. Recognize how state postsecondary agencies are using data and basic needs information to improve policy and practice.
3. Discuss approaches to better use of basic needs information.
4. Explaining scaffolded approaches to creating changes in basic needs data integration and student outcomes.

Program Planning Committee 

April Lopez, MS
SUNY Oswego

Gina Orlando, MPH, CHES, CWHC
Columbia University

For more information about this session or its speaker(s), contact education@acha.org.

Credit/Contact Hours and Disclosures

Types of Credit/Contact Hours Available

Refer to the Continuing Education Key.

• CHES: 1.0
• MCHES: 1.0

*Continuing Competency credits, when available, are listed after the total CHES/MCHES contact hours (e.g. CHES: 1.0/1.0)

Deadlines

Claim your credit/contact hours or certificate on each session's Contents tab by the deadline.

If you attended the session LIVE: Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by February 27, 2026.

If you viewed the session as a RECORDING: Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by February 6, 2028.

Relevant Financial Relationships

None of the presenters or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Successful Completion to Obtain Credit/Contact Hours (or certificate of attendance)

Criteria for successful completion is commensurate with participation and passing of a post-test with a minimum of an 80%.

Select the "Contents" tab above (registered users only) for access to the following components. It is estimated that it will require 60 minutes to view the webinar and complete the post-test. Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by the program expiration date (see "Overview" tab above).

Step 1:  View/Attend the session in its entirety.

Step 2:  Complete the mandatory Attestation and Post-test (passing score of 80%) for CE Credit/Contact Hours. See below for post-test passing requirements.

Step 3:  Select the certificate for the type of credit/contact hour you are requesting. Select "Certificate of Attendance" if no credit/contact hour is being requested. 

Continuing Education Statements 

Continuing Education

Sponsored by ACHA, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category 1 continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level contact hours available are 1.0. There are 0 Continuing Competency credits available.

Policies 

Post-test Policy
It is the policy of the American College Health Association that when a post-test is required upon completion of a continuing education activity, participants must receive a passing grade of 80%. If participants receive a grade lower than 80%, they will be given the opportunity to re-take the post-test one time. If they receive 80% or higher the second time, they will be awarded continuing education credits/contact hours for the activity. We encourage participants to complete the post-test immediately after viewing the program.

Off-Label Product Use
This educational activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Non-endorsement
ACHA does not endorse any products or services that are displayed or referred to in conjunction with this activity and is not responsible for the actual presentation of content during scientific sessions.

Non-discrimination 
The American College Health Association (ACHA) supports institutional, as well as legislative or regulatory initiatives to promote a campus climate guided by the values of inclusion, respect, equality and equity. ACHA rejects all forms of intolerance and bias, whether implicit or explicit. Such a climate is essential to college health and wellbeing.

Consistent with these values, ACHA rejects all forms of discriminatory conduct with respect to: age; race/ethnicity; sex; sexual orientation; gender, including gender identity and expression; marital status; physical size; psychological/physical/learning ability; religious, spiritual or cultural identity; socioeconomic status; veteran status; or any other class of persons. ACHA actively strives to eliminate bias and discriminatory conduct from all its policies, procedures, communications, actions and activities.

Commercial Support

No commercial support has been received for this activity.