Hunger-Free Campus Act: Analysis

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Adopted in a few states and recently introduced in the State of New York, the Hunger-Free Campus Bill seeks to promote food security among college students. In particular, such an act is based on the fact that it is a grant program that will help specific groups of the population, that is, those in need, with their food security. Thus, such a program allows people to avoid “campus hunger” by funding public colleges. Such an initiative will contribute to the development of food security and partially influence the economic state of affairs.

Table 1. Stakeholder Review

Stakeholders and Their Potential to Advance or Prevent Change	Roles	Strategies used to Influence Policy	Relations to Other Stakeholder Groups
Stakeholder 1: college students who directly experience a lack of food security (Swipe Out Hunger, 2021). Potential: they have the potential to advance the policy goal by participating in hunger reduction programs in the states that have already passed the bill.	Affected individuals:students directly play the role of the affected individuals, so their interest in such initiatives is justified and expected. It is also worth considering that they could play a vital role in popularizing such initiatives, so their appeal is obvious.	Issue framing: in other states, students experiencing food insecurity have been actively applying to Swipe Hunger programs created due to the bill, thus justifying the issue’s importance and clarifying program development goals. In California alone, over 2,5 million students have benefited from such programs (Swipe Out Hunger, 2021).	Potential allies with stakeholders 2 and 3.
Stakeholder 2: child health and safety organizations in the State of New York. Potential: have the potential to advance the policy goal by spreading information.	Financial contributors:organizations regarding the safety of children are also crucial in such a problem since there is a direct threat to human life. They can act as part of the financial support and as people who will spread information in society.	Issue framing: organizations concerned with safety issues might contribute to awareness-spreading through the dissemination of articles, materials, etc.	Potential allies with stakeholders 1 and 3.
Stakeholder 3: non-profit agencies concerned with hunger elimination, including Swipe Out Hunger. Potential: can advance the goal by providing successful implementation information from other states.	Advocates for change:non-profit agencies, especially Swipe Out Hunger (2021), act as the key advocates for allocating funds to end campus hunger. It involves building connections between various stakeholders, spreading awareness, and encouraging state-level advocates to amend the bill to incorporate state-specific needs.	Issue framing and participation in legislative processes: Swipe Out Hunger (2021) has acted as the bill’s “original architect” by participating in evidence collection and introducing the bill in California in 2017 (p. 1).	Potential allies with stakeholders 1 and 2.
Stakeholder 4: healthcare/social welfare researchers. Potential: can promote the goal by researching the issue’s extent in the State of New York.	Independent data analysts: as a stakeholder group, researchers can provide data to promote advocacy efforts and assess the hunger problem’s size.	Issue framing: in other states, the group has indirectly participated in policy development by justifying campus hunger’s status as an urgent and actual policy improvement opportunity (Swipe Out Hunger, 2021). Specifically, a research group led by McCoy estimated the prevalence of insecure access to food to exceed 25%, thus promoting the Louisiana college system’s engagement in program development (Hutchinson, 2022). The same strategies could find reflection in the State of New York.	Neither allies nor in conflict with the other stakeholders since they are expected to report objective data.

To sum up, Hunger-Free Campus is an initiative that works for college students and aims to correct the problematic situation they find themselves in. This grant primarily works with the food problem and provides a financial solution to avoid such a situation. It is essential that not only local organizations but also other stakeholders at the state level can and are involved in this purpose and develop new opportunities.