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Alan Perez; Sam Ayers; Jennifer Hogg; Johanna Lacoe; Jesse Rothstein – California Policy Lab, 2025
College students are more likely to be food insecure than the general population. CalFresh (SNAP) food benefits can reduce hunger by helping low-income students pay for their food. This is particularly relevant as the rising cost of food is putting extra strain on students' budgets. Unfortunately, the administrative hurdles and time required to…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Food, Low Income Students
Amy Loyd – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2023
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) and State higher education agencies play an important role in helping students to access basic needs supports and public benefits for which they may be eligible, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This memo describes what IHEs and State higher education agencies can do to help…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Nutrition, Welfare Services, Higher Education
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, 2024
In its first major assessment of hunger among United States college students, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in 2018 that federal agencies were failing not only to accurately measure the prevalence of student food insecurity, but they were also failing to provide adequate information for students to find help. In response, the…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Food, Hunger, Security (Psychology)