Budget Amendment ID: FY2024-S3-663-R1

Redraft EDU 663

Hunger Free Campus Initiative

Ms. Lovely, Messrs. Eldridge, Oliveira and Gomez, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Brady and Mark, Ms. Moran, Ms. Kennedy, Messrs. Timilty, Payano, Montigny, Velis, Keenan, O'Connor and Feeney, Ms. Rausch and Mr. Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 7066-9600 the following item:-

“0000-0000 For the department of higher education to support a hunger-free campus initiative in order to address food insecurity at 2 and 4-year public institutions of higher learning and minority-serving institutions as defined by the United States Department of Education; provided further, that the department is authorized to award grants to campuses that maximize student enrollment in federal nutrition benefit programs, promote on-campus grocers that accept nutrition benefit programs, increase access to available meal cards and meal swipe options where feasible, maximize student access to on-campus or area food pantries in collaboration with regional food banks and support other campus-designed projects to address college student food insecurity that are developed through task forces that include students with lived experience in food insecurity; provided further, that the department shall distribute the program’s resources by issuing a request for proposals through which colleges may apply; and provided further, that the department shall award funds based on the demonstrated need and a proposed implementation plan submitted by each applicant.……$1,000,000”.