State Strategies for Addressing College Students' Basic Needs

Autor/in	Walizer, Lauren
Institution	Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Titel	State Strategies for Addressing College Students' Basic Needs
Quelle	(2020), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Students; Student Needs; Leadership Responsibility; Cooperation; Goal Orientation; Policy Formation; Educational Policy; Higher Education; Agency Cooperation; Social Services; Nongovernmental Organizations; Labor Force Development; Paying for College; Hunger; Access to Health Care; Food; Housing; State Government; Government Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Co-operation; Kooperation; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Politische Betätigung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Arbeitskräftebestand; Studienfinanzierung; Lebensmittel; Unterkunft; Bund-Länder-Beziehung
Abstract	Across the country, governors and other state officials understand the vital role college plays in workforce preparation to increase the competitiveness of their state economies. However, neither students' and families' incomes nor Pell Grants and other student aid have kept up with the cost of college, making affordability a significant barrier to college completion and successful entry into the workforce. In fact, college students struggle to afford costs beyond tuition -- too often they struggle to meet their basic needs for housing, food, and health care. Key support programs like Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), child care subsidies, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provide financial or other supports that could help students and their families meet those needs. States have limited flexibility to alter and improve some public benefit rules in order to improve student access to these programs. This brief by Lauren Walizer discusses what CLASP has learned from working with states to enact such changes and develop a comprehensive and collaborative strategy to dedicate themselves to this work long-term. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Center for Law and Social Policy. 1015 15th Street NW Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-906-8000; Fax: 202-842-2885; Web site: http://www.clasp.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01