Students in California are increasingly applying to receive food stampsto afford to eat properly.
According to CNBC, since January of this year, more than 500 students of the University of California at Berkeley has applied for this service. In 2016, the year applications for food stamps was 111, and in 2015-m – 41.
If the application is approved, students earn up to 192 USD per month that they can spend, of course, only in grocery stores. The problem is that not all applications are accepted, this year the percentage approved 73%.
As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, virtually all campuses of the University of California students have problems with food.
9 a survey of thousands of students showed that 19% of students eat enough, due to financial problems, and 23% often eat cheap and of poor quality food, even without thinking about diversity.
In Berkeley those who did not receive food stamps can also contact the University «food Bank».
Student named Christopher, who asked that his name not known, was taken from the «Bank of food» juice, milk and two cans of beans and corn. «Taking food away when there is no money. I have a little money,» said Christopher The Chronicle.
Nutrition students come amid national concerns about the cost of training. So, on average, in 2017 the cost of study and room on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley has close to 30 thousand dollars.
