Bill > HR3100

This bill, the Student Food Security Act of 2021, aims to expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to include more college students, establish college student food insecurity demonstration programs, and implement various measures to address food and housing insecurity among college students. Key provisions include: - Allowing college students, regardless of their independent student status, to be eligible for SNAP benefits if they meet certain financial criteria, such as having an expected family contribution or student aid index of $0 or meeting the requirements for maximum Federal Pell Grant eligibility. - Requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to develop strategies to increase awareness of college student food insecurity, SNAP eligibility for college students, and procedures to access SNAP benefits. - Establishing a college student food insecurity demonstration program to test new SNAP delivery methods, such as allowing students to use benefits at campus dining halls and being exempt from mandatory campus meal plans. - Requiring data sharing between federal agencies to identify students who have applied for federal financial aid and may be eligible for various federal assistance programs, and providing students with information about these programs. - Authorizing grants for colleges and universities to conduct research, create strategies, and implement programs to address food and housing insecurity among their students. The overall goal of the bill is to improve food security and basic needs support for college students, particularly those from low-income backgrounds, in order to promote student success and academic achievement.

Education, Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3100/all-info