The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Nov. 7 partnered with the Education Department to expand college students’ access to a federal program aimed at providing food assistance to low-income families.
The departments signed a joint agreement to raise awareness of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) among college students and ensure eligible students have access to SNAP benefits.
The move came after a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that about 67 percent of the 3.3 million college students potentially eligible for SNAP did not receive the available benefits.
These students include dependent students who were unable to access SNAP benefits because they did not live with their parents while in college, according to the GAO report….