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Jun 11, 2026

Levers for Increasing College Student Access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Evidence from Colorado

In this report, the authors aim to provide federal, state, and local decisionmakers with evidence on four different options for expanding college student participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Research Summary

Jun 11, 2026

College Students and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Colorado: Key Findings for State Agencies, Colleges, and Counties

This brief presents four key findings on Colorado college student participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the barriers that college students face to participation.
Research Summary

Jun 11, 2026

What States Can Do to Boost College Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Evidence from Colorado

This brief describes two options that states can pursue to expand college student participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Colorado data offer evidence on how these two actions might increase college student participation.
Research Summary

Jun 11, 2026

What Colleges Can Do to Boost Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Lessons from Colorado

This research brief provides an overview of how Colorado public postsecondary institutions have scaled application and case management support for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the implications for student participation.
Research

Jun 2, 2025

Addressing College Student Food Insecurity in Colorado: Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and College Practices

The authors of this report examine college students’ rates of participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Colorado and describe college efforts to provide SNAP outreach and application support.
Research Summary

Jun 30, 2025

Guidance for Research on College Student Support Interventions: Lessons Learned from a Study of Single Stop

This research brief provides guidance to researchers on opportunities to strengthen the implementation and take-up of college student support interventions based on findings from a study of Single Stop across ten U.S. colleges.
Research Summary

Jun 2, 2025

The Six Core Features of Student Basic Needs Support in Community Colleges

This research brief provides guidance to colleges on six core features that are found in promising basic needs approaches. The research draws on a literature review, advice from five research experts, and interviews with staff at 16 leading colleges.
Research Summary

Jun 2, 2025

Lessons for Colleges on Delivering Basic Needs Support: Findings from a Study of Single Stop

The authors of this brief summarize lessons learned from the implementation of Single Stop, a student basic needs program. The authors then leverage the study lessons to provide guidance to college practitioners on the delivery of basic needs support.
Expert Insights

May 23, 2023

Finding Help Outside the Classroom: Approaches for Supporting College Students' Basic Needs

This Perspective builds on the research findings from a related RAND Corporation report on a North Carolina initiative to support college students' basic needs with strategies to improve the uptake and effectiveness of such initiatives nationally.
Research

Apr 5, 2023

Report on the Implementation, Costs, and Impacts of the Findhelp Platform in the North Carolina Community College System

The authors examine how the Findhelp online "social care network," which connects students to services that provide basic needs assistance, was implemented at four community colleges in North Carolina, its costs, and its impacts on student success.
Research

Apr 29, 2020

Connecting College Students to Alternative Sources of Support: The Single Stop Community College Initiative and Postsecondary Outcomes

This report examines a program designed to improve the well-being of low-income communities by connecting individuals to public benefits and other institutional and community resources to address nonacademic barriers to college completion.
Research

Nov 12, 2018

A One-Stop Approach to Supporting the Nonacademic Needs of Community College Students: An Evaluation of Single Stop's Impact in North Carolina

This report examines the impact of using Single Stop (a program that connects college students to governmental, community, and institutional resources) on postsecondary outcomes for students at four community colleges in North Carolina.

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