Combating Food and Housing Insecurity on Campus

Posted by Mayor's Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity on April 30, 2018

May 2018 – Combating Food and Housing Insecurity on Campus

Date: May 17, 2018
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Location: United Way Building, 1709 Ben Franklin Parkway

Combating Food and Housing Insecurity on Campus:  Reclaiming the American Dream

In addition to the stress associated with final exams and maintaining grade point averages, more and more college students are silently struggling with hunger and homelessness. Recent research is uncovering evidence of food and housing insecurity among college students, as well as the relationship between measures of economic vulnerability and poor academic outcomes.

The May Shared Prosperity Roundtable will feature a presentation by Sara Goldrik-Rab, Professor of Higher Education Policy & Sociology at Temple University, and Founder of the Wisconsin HOPE Lab on the findings from the report Still Hungry and Homeless in College, which draws from a survey of 43,000 students across 66 academic institutions. We will also hear from representatives from Single-Stop, a program that enrolls community college students in public benefits, and Community Legal Services of Philadelphia on the recent changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expanding eligibility to some community college students.

Register through Eventbrite by May 15, 2018 to reserve your space!

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shared-prosperity-roundtable-combating-food-and-housing-insecurity-on-campus-tickets-45530115802