The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and
The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice released a new report highlighting
food and housing insecurity among California community college students.
The report, California Community Colleges #RealCollege Survey,
evaluated access to affordable food and housing at 57 California community
colleges in the fall of 2016 and 2018. Of the nearly 40,000 California
community college students surveyed, half experienced food insecurity 30 days
prior to the survey, 60% were housing insecure in the previous year, and 19%
were homeless in the previous year.
Cañada College participated in the survey and received the
following topline numbers:
|
Food Insecurity
|
Housing Insecurity
|
Homelessness
|
Percentage
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42.8
|
62.3
|
20.4
|
In response to these figures and the new report, Dr.
Jamillah Moore, President, Cañada College said, “We identified food and housing insecurity as a growing
threat to our student population years ago and immediately began taking action.
Cañada College is proud of what we’ve done to support our students through
initiatives including subsidized lunches, an on-site food pantry, and an annual
Awareness Summit designed to highlight these issues, connect community
partners, and collaborate towards new solutions. The release of this report
only adds urgency to our resolve—locally, regionally, and statewide—in finding
new ways to help our students meet these basic physiological needs so they can
thrive academically.”
To read the full report visit: https://hope4college.com/category/reports/.
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The California Community Colleges
is the largest system of higher education in the nation, composed of 73
districts and 115 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year. California
community colleges provide career education and workforce training; guaranteed
transfer to four-year universities; degree and certificate pathways; and basic
skills education in English and math.
The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice is a
Philadelphia-based nonprofit research center founded in 2013 that began as the
Wisconsin HOPE Lab. Its studies have drawn a sharper public focus on how the
rising costs of basic needs such as food and housing are making it more
difficult for college students to concentrate on school.
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