Over the next few months, The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice is rolling out the Hope Innovation Series, a series of briefs focusing on innovative policies that states have implemented to assist students with their basic needs security. We’re highlighting best practices across the country so that states can build a postsecondary landscape in which students have equitable access to the resources they need to meet their basic needs and succeed in college.
In our first brief, we discuss the restrictive eligibility rules of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that discourage students from applying. We describe the eligibility criteria, and detail state-level innovations that are making SNAP more accessible for students facing basic needs insecurity. Relatedly, in a new paper, we explore how the federal government expanded SNAP eligibility for college students, but many never heard about it.
In our second brief, we discuss state-specific emergency aid initiatives to help students who are facing financial emergencies. We identify states that are thoughtfully using these emergency aid programs to meet students’ basic needs, and highlight insights and best practices from which other states can learn.
States Leading the Way in Emergency Aid for College Students
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Best Kept Secrets: The Federal Government Expanded SNAP Eligibility for College Students, But Many Never Heard About It
About one-third of college students report being food-insecure. Yet college students, unlike other adults, can only enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition…
Read MoreStates Leading the Way in SNAP Eligibility and SNAP Outreach to Students
This brief is the first in a series focusing on innovative policies that states have implemented to assist students with…
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