When looking resources that CSU East-bay provide and the article individual level interventions, the schools Pioneers for H.O.P.E. program came to mind. Recently I been receiving emails about the program and went to check it out. This program is really great for students who have trouble with buying food or paying rent. Or just having funds to live life as a college student. The program is meant to help all students and it even has a pantry on site. In 2017 345 people served food and students used the pantry for services. The article spoke to stressful life events and for a student the stress of school can be overwhelming, but when you add food and housing it can make school secondary. Education should be the only worry for students and this program helps with that issue. The article’s intervention methods wanted to shed the social isolation by providing low income groups or individuals with support. This program and the article’s intervention are linked because of the target group they are helping.
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Thank you so much for sharing about the H.O.P.E building. I like how you provided the statistics around how many students used the pantry in 2017. It is always important to provide data. Society raves about programs and how they are helping society but we truly never know the impact they are making without data. I agree this is a great resource for students. So many fall behind academically because they don’t have money nor the access to necessities like food. Imagine being in class trying to focus on an empty stomach. The last thing you would be worried about is what the teacher is talking about. So many students fall short and drop out of school for this same reason. ‘I’ve also read they established an emergency intervention fund to support students in need of emergency assistance. This is awesome! Some people don’t have money for transportation so to have this resource available could really be beneficial to a lot of people. I wonder would it be possible to expand a H.O.P.E program to all the CSU’s that way nobody falls through the cracks?
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