Student Aid

Research Report on College Food Security Led by CSHE New Director Jesse Rothstein

2024

Filling the Gap: CalFresh Eligibility Among University of California and California Community College Students by California Policy Lab (CPL).

The report estimates the number of University of California (UC) and California Community College (CCC) students who are potentially eligible to receive CalFresh benefits, and of that group, how many students received CalFresh benefits in the Fall of 2019.

According to CPL, this report is "the first of its kind to link college enrollment and financial aid application data and then compare it to CalFresh eligibility rules in...