Caf to Cap and Gown​: Evaluating the Impact of Massachusetts’ Hunger Free Campus Initiative​

Since 2019, the Massachusetts Hunger Free Campus Coalition, comprised of colleges, universities, hunger-relief organizations, and college access organizations, has sought to address food insecurity on Massachusetts’ public colleges and universities. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act, the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education allocated $3.7 million in grant funding to the Hunger-Free Campus Initiative for campuses to use to combat food insecurity. This report evaluates how campuses have utilized Hunger-Free Campus Initiative funds and provides recommendations for campuses, for Massachusetts policymakers, and for other states based on the innovative and equitable approaches that recipients of the pilot funding developed.