In the year before the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 10.5 percent of US households, or roughly 35 million Americans, were food insecure. This number has jumped significantly since March 2020, with some ...

California State University, Long Beach, graduate student Natalie TuyếtNhi Trần said the $281 of SNAP benefits each month allows her to focus on her school work instead of worrying about how to put ...

Rent, utilities, books, and tuition are all significant expenses of college students, but one is often overlooked: food. Food is a necessity, but for many college students, it is unaffordable. This is ...

College students walking on campus grounds. Gen Z, also known as the zombie generation, worries about a stagnating economy. In addition to inflation, the job market, growing student loan debt, housing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 60% of California college students receiving financial aid were struggling to pay for food, according to a 2023 survey ...

San Diego Food Bank teamed up with Cal Coast Credit Union for the “Pack the Pantry” food drive. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) More than two-thirds of students attending San Diego Community ...

As many as one out of every three college students in the U.S. is dealing with food insecurity, according to Temple University's The Hope Center, and at the University of California, Davis, students ...

A large percentage of students across university campuses in Tennessee are asking the same question: Where will my next meal come from? And the figures are staggering. According to a report from the ...

This report explores the impact of financial insecurity on the college trajectory of Jewish young adults. The findings are based on survey data collected in spring 2024, from 2,164 Jewish respondents, ...

College students from West Virginia and Marshall universities testified about experiences with food insecurity in support of a bill called the “Hunger Free Campus Act,” and most members of the Senate ...

“The Hope Center for College Community and Justice’s 2019 CUNY #RealCollege Survey found that 55 percent of students worry about where they will live, and 14 percent, or about 34,000 students, are ...

Food insecurity while in college can have detrimental effects on students’ academic performance and health. The mixture of food insecurity and stress of college contributes to food-insecure students ...