Connecting Students to Basic Needs Support: An Evaluation of Single Stop across Ten Colleges. Research Report. RR-A3771-1
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| Title: | Connecting Students to Basic Needs Support: An Evaluation of Single Stop across Ten Colleges. Research Report. RR-A3771-1 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lindsay Daugherty, Jenna W. Kramer, Louis T. Mariano, Clare Cady, Heather Gomez-Bendaña, Tiffany Berglund, Samantha Ryan, Michelle Bongard, Joshua Eagan, Christopher Joseph Doss, RAND Education and Labor |
| Source: | RAND Corporation. 2025. |
| Availability: | RAND Corporation. P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138. Tel: 877-584-8642; Tel: 310-451-7002; Fax: 412-802-4981; e-mail: order@rand.org; Web site: http://www.rand.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 54 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Institute of Education Sciences (ED) |
| Contract Number: | R305A200101 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | College Students, Needs, Need Gratification, Federal Programs, Nutrition, Welfare Services, Housing, Program Implementation, Public Support, Community Resources, Health Services, Intervention, Social Support Groups, Program Evaluation, Low Income Students, Caseworker Approach, Program Design, Student Personnel Services, Public Policy, COVID-19, Pandemics |
| Geographic Terms: | Colorado, North Carolina |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) |
| DOI: | 10.7249/RRA3771-1 |
| Abstract: | Many U.S. college students are unable to meet their basic needs and struggle to secure regular food and housing. Colleges across the United States have recognized the importance of helping to meet the basic needs of their students and are increasingly providing support to students in the form of emergency aid, food pantries, and assistance with public benefits. Single Stop is a program that college staff can use to help students with applications for public benefits, make referrals to community resources, and connect to free tax support. The authors of this report implemented a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of Single Stop and carried out this research through ten different schools in Colorado and North Carolina. By leveraging Single Stop system data, administrative data, and a follow-up survey of students, the authors found that take-up of Single Stop's services was low. In this report, the authors identify the low take-up as evidence that Single Stop did not reach students as intended and did not deliver a meaningful intervention, and do not see their outcome findings as evidence of the effects of a successful implementation of the Single Stop program. The authors describe mixed success with implementation and barriers colleges faced. The authors then explore how the focus of the services, the design and delivery of the intervention, and the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to low take-up. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED676989 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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