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Connecting Community College Students to SNAP Benefits: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Outreach Intervention in California
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Umaña, 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
California Community College and University of California Student Participation in CalFresh Food Benefits. Data Point
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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
EOPS Operational Program Review: Qualitative Evaluations, 1983-1984. Final Report.
Alkin, Marvin; White, Peter – 1984
Focusing on the qualitative component of the 1983-84 Operational Program Reviews (OPRs) of Educational Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) in California's community colleges, this report presents the information collected by a qualitative evaluator at 14 EOPS projects in California and assesses program strengths and weaknesses. The first part…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged
Transfer Practices at Los Angeles Southwest College: Case Study #3 of 7 Featuring Colleges with Consistently Higher than Expected Transfer Rates, Fall 2008
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Inciong, Denice; Over, Lucinda – Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group), 2008
In Spring 2007, the State Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges awarded the Transfer Leadership Center (TLC) study to investigate two-to-four year transfer practices and strategies. As part of the study's qualitative component, research teams from the Center for Student Success of the Research & Planning Group of the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Small Colleges, Federal Programs, School Community Relationship
United Way of Dade County, Inc. ESL/HELP (English as a Second Language/Haitian Hispanic Employability Language Project). A Summary Report.
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Jackson, William E. – 1983
A federally funded comprehensive skills development and job placement program for Cuban and Haitian immigrants to Florida is described. The cooperative program of the United Way of Dade County, Inc., Miami-Dade Community College, the Spanish American League Against Discrimination, and Coalition for Progress served 8,916 refugees. Aspects of the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Community Colleges
Opening Doors: Expanding Educational Opportunities for Low-Income Workers.
Golonka, Susan; Matus-Grossman, Lisa – 2001
This report is a summary of discussions at a roundtable meeting conducted in April 2000 by the National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices and Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation to discuss expanding postsecondary opportunities for low-income, working parents and welfare recipients. Section I offers background. Sections II-IX…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems