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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
In order to be designated as a hunger-free campus, the institution shall:
a. establish a Campus Hunger Task Force that meets a minimum of three times per academic year to set at least two goals with action plans;
b. designate a staff member responsible for assisting students with enrollment in the New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);
c. provide options for students to utilize SNAP benefits at campus stores that meet the federal standards set by the Food and Nutrition Service in the United States Department of Agriculture;
d. participate in an awareness day campaign activity and plan a campus awareness event during the National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week;
e. provide at least one physical food pantry on campus, or enable students to receive food through a separate, stigma-free arrangement;
f. develop a “Swipe Out Hunger” student meal credit sharing program, or designate a certain amount of funds for free meal vouchers that might otherwise be raised through a “Swipe Out Hunger” program; and
g. annually conduct a student survey on hunger, developed by the Secretary of Higher Education, and submit the results of the survey and a best practices campus profile to the secretary at a time prescribed by the secretary for inclusion in a comparative profile of each campus designated as a hunger-free campus. In the development of the survey, the secretary may utilize any existing surveys designed to collect information on food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Statutes Title 18A. Education 18A § 62-62 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-18a-education/nj-st-sect-18a-62-62/
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