Project Summary
Colorado state agencies and postsecondary institutions are looking for ways to expand student participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to ensure that students receive nutritional support, and to advance equity in postsecondary education. This project will inform Colorado’s efforts to increase college attainment by supporting students’ needs for food and related human services. Specifically, the project team will examine current and historical rates of SNAP application and participation among college students, and variation in SNAP participation across institutions and student characteristics. These analyses will provide a benchmark for a quantitative simulation of how SNAP participation might change under several different approaches to expanding SNAP participation. They also will help to characterize participation rates at postsecondary institutions that are implementing basic needs services to increase SNAP participation.
Data Partners
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Colorado Department of Higher Education
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Colorado Department of Human Services – Office of Economic Security