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Warren, Sanders Propose Permanently Expanding Food Stamps to College Students
Sen. Elizabeth Warren conducts a news conference outside the Capitol on April 27, 2021.
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Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) are leading an effort to permanently expand college students’ access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, which helps provide food to people with low incomes.
The lawmakers introduced a bill on Tuesday that would help address food insecurity among college students by permanently extending the current expansion to SNAP that gives more college students access for the duration of the pandemic. The temporary expansions benefit an estimated 3 million students.
Mohamed Sadek for TIME Twyla Joseph in Islip Terrace, N.Y., on Feb. 5, as her day begins
The first sign that Twyla Joseph’s college application process was not going to go as planned came on March 13, 2020, when, a day before her scheduled SAT, she learned the test had been canceled. The May and June tests were also canceled as coronavirus cases surged.
Joseph never got to take the admissions test. She barely knows her high school teachers now that she takes all her classes online at home in Islip Terrace, N.Y. She missed out on seasons of varsity cross-country and track, and lost contact with the coach who “used to give us really good life advice.” During the five months she was furloughed from her job at Panera Bread, she spent the money she’d been saving for college. And while she’s back at work now for about 28 hours per week, often dealing with customers who refuse to wear face masks, she is worried not only about whether she will be able to
Outreach event Saturday at First Assembly of God hopes to reach Victor Valley College students in need
Outreach on Saturday in Victorville to assist homeless and needy students
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God s Hand Extended will partner with other non-profit organizations to host a support event for “It Takes A Village,” the Victor Valley College program that assists its homeless and needy student population.
Susan Conway, the founder of God’s Hand, said VVC students and faculty are invited to the support event that begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at Victorville First Assembly of God on Nisqualli Road.
“We will have free food boxes, clothing, resources, (a) taco man, Kona Ice and other activities,” Conway said. “We want to encourage the students to meet and greet each other and to get plugged into our community and the new program at VVC.”
March 6, 2021 2:28 am by Sophia Buckley-Clement Views: 65
A volunteer bags food at the Food Center.
As COVID relief efforts continue to disproportionally impact college students –specifically adult dependents – more and more students are facing food and housing insecurity.
Roughly 39% of college students reported food insecurity this past year, according to an annual survey conducted across 227 collegiate schools by Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University.
Vermont has implemented measures to address those facing food insecurity as a result of the pandemic and students are no exception.
“Everyone Eats” is a food-relief program that partners with local restaurants and farms to make individually packaged, cold, prepared dinners for anyone suffering adverse effects from the COVID pandemic.