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Lawmakers consider codifying Hunger Free Campus grants after advocates cite 44% food insecurity on public campuses
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony supporting H1466/S939 to codify and stabilize the Hunger Free Campus Initiative that funds pantry programs, meal credits and SNAP outreach for public colleges; advocates and state senators described prior ARPA and budget appropriations and urged statutory permanence to sustain services.
Legislators and dozens of advocates testified in favor of legislation to make the Hunger Free Campus Initiative a statutory program after several witnesses described food insecurity among public college students and the program’s recent, temporary funding.
Representative Andy Vargas, Senator Jo Comerford and Senator Becca Lovely — among others — told the Joint Committee on Higher Education the initiative has shown results in pilot funding but needs legislative codification and stable funding.
"This would really be about codifying a hunger free campus into law to make sure that this ... continues to move forward," Representative Vargas told…
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