MAP
MAP TO
MAP TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING, WE ARE SEEING MOSTLY
GREEN, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PAYING FOR
COLLEGE, THIS NEW FEDERAL
REPORT REVEALS SOMETHING WE
DON'T OFTEN THINK ABOUT,
COLLEGE STUDENTS CHOOSING
BETWEEN A BOOK OR A MEAL.
THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE ESTIMATES ABOUT 30% OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE WHAT THEY
CALL FOOD INSECURE, THE REPORT
FOUND SOME KIDS ARE IN DANGER
OF DROPPING OUT BECAUSE OF
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. WE
THIS. WE WANT TO FEATURE A PROGRAM
THAT IS CHANGING THE GAME FOR
COLLEGE STUDENTS IN NEED.
MARISSA JOINS US FROM SHORELINE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. OF COURSE COLLEGE STUDENTS
STRUGGLE, BUT HOW WOULD YOU
DESCRIBE THE SCOPE OF THE
PROBLEM?
PROBLEM?
PROBLEM? >> I THINK THE SCOPE IS
SOMETHING THAT IS A NATIONWIDE
EPIDEMIC, WE ARE NOT TALKING
ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE TEND TO
HAVE THIS NARRATIVE AROUND
COLLEGE STUDENTS, I'M SURE
YOU'RE EATING PIZZA OR GETTING
BY, BUT THAT IS THE NATURE OF
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. AND REALLY, OUR STUDENTS ARE
GRIPPING WITH ISSUES SUCH AS
POVERTY, THEY ARE COMING TO US
WITH MULTIPLE NEEDS, AS FIRST
GENERATION LOW INCOME, STUDENTS
OF COLOR, ESPECIALLY AT THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND WE ARE
SEEING IT FIRSTHAND, THE
STUDENTS ARE COMING TO US AND
SAYING, HOW CAN I GET FOOD
STAMPS?
STAMPS?
STAMPS? HOW CAN I QUALIFY FOR CLICK WAS
, WHAT OTHER RESOURCES ARE
AVAILABLE?
AVAILABLE? AND WE ARE FINDING OUT THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FOOD IN THE
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. HOW
HOME. HOW DO WE MEET THAT NEED RIGHT
IN THE MOMENT?
I WOULD CALL THAT A CRISIS, AND
I THINK MANY COLLEGES ARE
CALLING IT A CRISIS AS WELL.
>> ONE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS
REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, ARE
YOU AWARE OF THIS REPORT?
IT REALLY STUNNED ME.
SO, SHORELINE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE, YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED A
FOOD PANTRY, TELL US ABOUT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. JUST
JUST
JUST >>
JUST >> IT STARTED OUT AS A SMALL
RESOURCE, AND THE DEMAND HAS
GROWN, WE HAVE HAD SOME REALLY
WONDERFUL STAFF MEMBERS THAT
HAVE HELPED PUT TOGETHER
RESOURCES, COMMUNITY SUPPORT
FROM THE ROTARY, SHORELINE
ROTARY AND OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT ARE REALLY HELPING
ACTIVATE THIS RESOURCE, AND IT
HAS GROWN TO BE A LARGE SPACE
IN OUR STUDENT UNION WHERE
STUDENTS COME IN, NOT JUST SHOP
FOR GROCERIES AND GET SOME OF
THE BASIC FOOD, BUT ALSO WE
HAVE BENEFITS OF STAFF FROM THE
UNITED WAY, THAT HAS BEEN A
GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
GREAT PARTNERSHIP. THEY HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL
PARTNERS IN DOING THIS WORK
WHERE THEY HAVE HELPED US
PROVIDE WRAPAROUND STUDENT
SERVICES AND GET THEM CONNECTED
TO OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> AND WE CAN DONATE TO THIS
FOOD PANTRY, THAT IS EASY TO DO
BY GOING OVER TO THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. AND I HAVE TO SAY, IT MUST BE
FRUSTRATING WHEN WE KNOW
STATISTICALLY, I'VE LOOKED AT
THE RESEARCH PERSONALLY, EVERY
YEAR OF COLLEGE YOU GET ON
AVERAGE, YOU INCREASE YOUR
INCOME.
INCOME.
INCOME. SO, WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS MORE
PEOPLE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT
YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE GOING TO
COLLEGE FROM DIFFERENT
BACKGROUNDS, AND THEY COME FROM
A VARIETY OF INCOME SITUATIONS.
>> THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS
NOTABLE, THEY ARE PROVIDING
SUPPORT FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF
STUDENTS THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS,
FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE
FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS, STUDENTS THAT MAY BE
RETURNING TO COLLEGE AFTER MANY
YEARS OF BEING IN THE
WORKFORCE, SO THEY HAVE A WIDE
VARIETY OF NEEDS, IT IS NOT AN
18-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN
18-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN NECESSARILY.
NECESSARILY. AND WITH THAT, THOSE DEMANDS
ARE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE
SOCIOECONOMIC DEMANDS THAT ARE
REALLY GOING TO CHANGE.
>> HERE'S THE DEAL, I LOVE IT
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THIS
GREAT RESOURCE AT SHORELINE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE, FOR THOSE
WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT GOING TO
SCHOOL, IS THERE A RESOURCE
THAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND A CHECK
OUT TO MAYBE HELP THEM NAVIGATE
HOW TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING?
>> I THINK FOR STUDENTS THAT
ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF
FREE AID COULD GET THEM TO
COLLEGE, THERE IS AN
ORGANIZATION WEBSITE FROM THE
WASHINGTON STATE COMMUNITY
TECHNICAL COLLEGES, WHICH IS
ONE RESOURCE, BUT CERTAINLY
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HELP OUT,
WANT TO DONATE TO THE FOOD
PANTRY ON OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CAMPUSES, NOT JUST AT
SHORELINE, BUT OTHER COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ACROSS THE STATE, THEY
HAVE SIMILAR RESOURCES OR
INITIATIVES, THEY CAN DONATE OR
THEY CAN WRITE CHECKS TO THE
FOUNDATION THAT WILL HELP
SUPPORT EMERGENCY AID FOR
STUDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED.>>
PERFECT, THAT IS A GREAT PLACE
TO START.
TO START.
TO START. OKAY,