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USDA Summer Meals Program: Lack of Program Awareness Contributes to Unmet Need among Nonparticipants
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Direct linkVericker, Tracy; Rothstein, Melissa; Gabay, Mary; Gola, Alice Ann H.; Lovellette, Grant – Journal of School Health, 2023
BACKGROUND: Participation in the US Department of Agriculture's summer meals program is consistently lower compared to National School Lunch Program (NSLP) participation, even though the programs target the same population of children. The purpose of this study was to elucidate reasons for participation and nonparticipation in the summer meals…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Federal Government, Federal Programs, Summer Programs
Download full textUmaña, Paula; Olaniyan, Motunrayo; Magnelia, Sarah; Coca, Vanessa – Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, 2022
Before the pandemic, millions of college students eligible for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) did not access the benefit. This gap between eligibility for SNAP benefits and the use of those benefits is often a result of confusion around federal eligibility requirements. Even when eligibility guidelines were temporarily…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Welfare Services, Federal Programs
Karla Palos Castellanos; Charles Davis; Elise Dizon-Ross; Anna Doherty; Samantha Fu; Johanna Lacoe; Jesse Rothstein; Monica Saucedo – Grantee Submission, 2022
Food insecurity is widespread among college students in the United States. CalFresh food benefits, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can help students in California pay for food, but may not reach all eligible students. CalFresh enrollment rates among students have been difficult to estimate due to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Universities, College Students, Student Participation
Karla Palos Castellanos; Charles Davis; Elise Dizon-Ross; Anna Doherty; Johanna Lacoe; Jesse Rothstein – Grantee Submission, 2022
CalFresh benefits can help college students make ends meet while attending college, but not all eligible students apply. One contributing factor may be that students are not aware they are eligible. Therefore, outreach efforts informing them of their eligibility could help increase take-up rates. To test this, we designed and conducted two…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Federal Programs, Nutrition, College Students
Kathryn A. Larin – US Government Accountability Office, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Education have taken some steps to connect college students with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to help them pay for food, but gaps in planning and execution remain. Effective July 2024, a new law gave Education authority to share students' Free Application…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Federal Programs, Welfare Services, College Students
Blanco, Megan – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2022
During the 2019-20 school year, public schools identified 1.3 million students who were experiencing homelessness--2.5 percent of all those enrolled. With the added $800 million that Congress provided in 2021 through the American Rescue Plan's Homeless Children and Youth program (ARP-HCY), many states have started or expanded initiatives to…
Descriptors: Homeless People, At Risk Students, Student Needs, Resource Allocation
SchoolHouse Connection, 2022
Homelessness is a traumatic experience with long-term consequences, particularly for infants and toddlers in their most critical stages of development. Yet homelessness among young children is hidden. Lack of shelter, fear of having children removed from parental custody, and restrictive eligibility criteria for housing programs mean that most…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Infants, Toddlers, Early Childhood Education
