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HR 777 · in committee · major

Closing the College Hunger Gap Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Department of Education to notify certain college students about their potential eligibility for SNAP food assistance.
  • Students who submit FAFSA and have zero or negative expected family contribution are affected.
  • The Department of Education must coordinate with the Department of Agriculture to design and distribute written and electronic notifications with state SNAP agency contact information.

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  1. 01

    How should the Department of Education balance the costs of designing and distributing SNAP notifications against the potential benefit of reaching eligible college students?

  2. 02

    What barriers prevent low-income college students from currently accessing SNAP benefits, and would notification alone address those obstacles?

  3. 03

    Which college students would be excluded from these notifications under the zero or negative expected family contribution requirement, and should the eligibility threshold be different?

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Jahana Hayes

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Introduced 2025-01-28

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

  2. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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