Table 5.
Call to action.
| Ensure that nutritious food options are activated and utilized | Generate a meal-sharing program, in which students, faculty or staff can donate food credits or swipes. |
| Pantries with perishable, frozen and non-perishable items of high nutritional value, with online and pick up options. | |
| Open an integrated eligibility office to enroll in SNAP and other public benefits. | |
| Offer nutrition and health promotion education through professionals to orient on nutrients and meal preparation. | |
| Collaborate up with campus food services, food banks, and community-based organizations to bring hot meal kitchen services to campus. | |
| Inform of external food distribution centers and housing assistance sites | Generate and disseminate directories of housing, food, transportation, health and human services online and hard copies. |
| Identify and participate in health fairs and community events to promote food and housing security. Post event announcements on the online and bulletin boards, campus venues and student health centers. | |
| Reduce stigma surrounding use support services | Ensure that course syllabus includes resource links to food, housing, transportation and other support services and encourage faculty to promote access. |
| Offer regular tours to faculty, staff and student advisors of the university food pantry and Foster Homeless and Adopted Resources and promote access. | |
| Motivate faculty, staff and students to visit the support services on campus to demystify and mitigate stigma. | |
| Secure grants, financial or in-kind support from private and public donors and funders to increase the food bank's nutritious options and make campus food services affordable to students. | |
| Rename campus food pantry based on student input to make to more inclusive. | |
| Conduct ongoing food and housing security assessments to inform campus leadership on way to address social and political determinants. | |
| Create opportunities for community-engaged scholarship | Engage faculty, staff and students in the development and implementation of a food and housing security strategy. |
| Designate student ambassadors or advisors in Campus Colleges and Schools to promote food, housing and transportation security. | |
| Institutionalize support services | Generate policies to secure and expand nutritional food services and improve access to affordable housing, transportation, and health services. |
| Develop a food, housing and financial security toolkit to guide programming on campus. | |
| Ensure adequate space, equipment, and personnel for food storage and distribution. | |
| Include the food pantry and student support services in university interactive maps and expand h of operation evenings and weekends to meet the needs of working students. |