That’s according to the fourth and largest survey of college students’ ability to afford food and housing

Welcome to the Food Research & Action Center’s winter issue of ResearchWire.

Lack of transparency about SNAP benefits leaves students confused, unable to take advantage of resources

Postsecondary attainment is increasingly necessary to move out of poverty and homelessness and live a healthy, productive life.

There isn't federal data on food insecurity among college students nationally, so the GAO reviewed 31 studies on the topic, showing that most concluded that over a third of college students don't always have enough to eat.

For decades, free and reduced-price lunch (FRPL) status has been used as a proxy measure for student poverty. Families filled out paper lunch forms, and these were the basis for allocating resources to schools, defining accountability goals, and conducting research.

Homelessness among children is correlated with developmental delays, fair or poor health, and high healthcare utilization. Associations of homelessness specifically among infants younger than 12 months, however, are unknown.

Poor children don't struggle in school because of their parents. They struggle because of poverty.