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Jun 30, 2025

Guidance for Research on College Student Support Interventions: Lessons Learned from a Study of Single Stop

This research brief provides guidance to researchers on opportunities to strengthen the implementation and take-up of college student support interventions based on findings from a study of Single Stop across ten U.S. colleges.
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Jun 2, 2025

Promising Approaches to Student Basic Needs Support: Evidence from Leading Colleges and the Literature

Drawing on a literature review, feedback from subject-matter experts, and interviews, the authors identify promising approaches to student basic needs support and provide guidance for community colleges on implementing those approaches.
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Jun 2, 2025

Addressing College Student Food Insecurity in Colorado: Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and College Practices

The authors of this report examine college students’ rates of participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Colorado and describe college efforts to provide SNAP outreach and application support.
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Jun 2, 2025

Connecting Students to Basic Needs Support: An Evaluation of Single Stop Across Ten Colleges

The authors of this report examined the implementation of student basic needs program Single Stop across ten U.S. institutions, student take-up across institutions and subgroups of interest, and outcomes for students who utilized services.
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Jun 2, 2025

Lessons for Colleges on Delivering Basic Needs Support: Findings from a Study of Single Stop

The authors of this brief summarize lessons learned from the implementation of Single Stop, a student basic needs program. The authors then leverage the study lessons to provide guidance to college practitioners on the delivery of basic needs support.
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Jun 2, 2025

The Six Core Features of Student Basic Needs Support in Community Colleges

This research brief provides guidance to colleges on six core features that are found in promising basic needs approaches. The research draws on a literature review, advice from five research experts, and interviews with staff at 16 leading colleges.
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Jun 26, 2024

How Colorado Community Colleges Used Funding for Short-Term Credentials: Descriptive Analysis of Senate Bill 22-192

This report describes how six Colorado community colleges used $1.4 million of pandemic relief funding to support individuals pursuing short-term credentials and the outcomes for those who received funding.
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Jan 11, 2024

Stackable Credentials: Making College Work for More Students

In some fields, stackable credentials offer a promising strategy for reshaping postsecondary education and training for underserved students. Used effectively, stackable programs can provide low-income students with a path to the middle class.
Research

Jun 27, 2023

Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Hospital Visits in Colorado: An Observational Study

Our mixed findings suggest that further increases in cannabis beyond medical access may not always reduce opioid prescribing or opioid-related hospital visits at a population level.
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Apr 13, 2023

Do Low-Income Students Benefit from Stacking Credentials? Descriptive Evidence from Colorado and Ohio

The authors describe findings from a study on how frequently low-income individuals are stacking credentials, whether stacking increases wage-earning opportunities, and which fields provide the best returns from stacking.
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Apr 13, 2023

States Can Take Steps to Address Potential Barriers to Equity in Stackable Credential Pipelines

The authors examine barriers to stacking credentials for low-income individuals -- limited chances for stacking in some fields and institutions, insufficient information, and challenges moving between programs -- and consider solutions from stakeholders.
Research

Apr 13, 2023

Stackable Credential Pipelines and Equity for Low-Income Individuals: Evidence from Colorado and Ohio

The authors examine whether low-income individuals are stacking credentials and benefiting economically, explore systemic barriers to stackable credential opportunities for low-income individuals, and consider solutions to strengthen these pipelines.

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Guidance for Research on College Student Support Interventions: Lessons Learned from a Study of Single Stop

Promising Approaches to Student Basic Needs Support: Evidence from Leading Colleges and the Literature

Addressing College Student Food Insecurity in Colorado: Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and College Practices

Connecting Students to Basic Needs Support: An Evaluation of Single Stop Across Ten Colleges

Lessons for Colleges on Delivering Basic Needs Support: Findings from a Study of Single Stop

The Six Core Features of Student Basic Needs Support in Community Colleges

How Colorado Community Colleges Used Funding for Short-Term Credentials: Descriptive Analysis of Senate Bill 22-192

Stackable Credentials: Making College Work for More Students

Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Hospital Visits in Colorado: An Observational Study

Do Low-Income Students Benefit from Stacking Credentials? Descriptive Evidence from Colorado and Ohio

States Can Take Steps to Address Potential Barriers to Equity in Stackable Credential Pipelines

Stackable Credential Pipelines and Equity for Low-Income Individuals: Evidence from Colorado and Ohio

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Guidance for Research on College Student Support Interventions: Lessons Learned from a Study of Single Stop

Promising Approaches to Student Basic Needs Support: Evidence from Leading Colleges and the Literature

Addressing College Student Food Insecurity in Colorado: Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and College Practices

Connecting Students to Basic Needs Support: An Evaluation of Single Stop Across Ten Colleges

Lessons for Colleges on Delivering Basic Needs Support: Findings from a Study of Single Stop

The Six Core Features of Student Basic Needs Support in Community Colleges

How Colorado Community Colleges Used Funding for Short-Term Credentials: Descriptive Analysis of Senate Bill 22-192

Stackable Credentials: Making College Work for More Students

Impact of Recreational Cannabis Legalization on Opioid Prescribing and Opioid-Related Hospital Visits in Colorado: An Observational Study

Do Low-Income Students Benefit from Stacking Credentials? Descriptive Evidence from Colorado and Ohio

States Can Take Steps to Address Potential Barriers to Equity in Stackable Credential Pipelines

Stackable Credential Pipelines and Equity for Low-Income Individuals: Evidence from Colorado and Ohio

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