Increasing Enrollment Through Inter-Office Coordination and Student Support
Public benefits programs like SNAP, Section 8, and transportation assistance programs can help mitigate basic needs insecurity and increase academic success among low-income students. However, these benefits are severely underutilized: experts estimate that over half of SNAP-eligible students do not receive benefits. This toolkit outlines how higher education institutions can support their most at-risk students by providing benefits pre-screening and application assistance as a campus resource.
