Nearly four million U.S. undergraduate college students are parents or guardians of children under the age of 18. These student parents, who already faced immense financial, child care, food, and housing insecurity before the COVID-19 pandemic, are now dealing with multiple new barriers, including school closures, lay-offs, and child care disruptions, among other challenges. This briefing paper outlines how state and federal policymakers can center the immediate and longer-term needs of student parents in policy responses to the pandemic, so that they are able to safeguard their families' economic well-being and continue along their pathway to college attainment. [Support for this report was provided by Imaginable Futures.]