{"id":3171,"date":"2023-10-27T12:10:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/?page_id=3171"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:36:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:36:43","slug":"a-hunger-free-campus-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/about\/a-hunger-free-campus-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hunger-Free Campus Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In January of 2023, the Hunger Center was awarded a 2-year grant from Point32Health to spearhead a Hunger Free Campus Initiative at URI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Spring of 2023, a campus-wide assessment to measure food insecurity among our students was conducted.&nbsp; Data were analyzed during the summer of 2023 and initial results are summarized below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1092 students completed the Food Security Survey<\/li>\n<li>27% of students reported experiencing food insecurity during the previous 30 days (30% of undergraduates; 20% of graduate students)<\/li>\n<li>Rates of food insecurity were higher among students who reported minoritized racial, ethnic, or sexual orientation identities as compared to students identifying as straight and\/or White.<\/li>\n<li>Students who reported food insecurity were more likely to report increased financial stress (e.g., housing, transportation, food, medical, school, and social-related), and worse mental and physical health than food-secure students.<\/li>\n<li>Among undergraduates, those who were older, lived off campus, or lacked a meal plan were more likely to experience food insecurity than those who were younger, had meal plans, or lived on campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Efforts are ongoing to address food insecurity among URI students through a variety of activities and collaborations.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in learning more or how you can get involved, please contact Kathleen Gorman, <a href=\"mailto:kgorman@uri.edu\">kgorman@uri.edu<\/a>, or 874-9089.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January of 2023, the Hunger Center was awarded a 2-year grant from Point32Health to spearhead a Hunger Free Campus Initiative at URI.&nbsp; In the Spring of 2023, a campus-wide assessment to measure food insecurity among our students was conducted.&nbsp; Data were analyzed during the summer of 2023 and initial results are summarized below. 1092 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":91,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3276,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3171\/revisions\/3276"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/endhunger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}