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Yet more than one in five college students, including disproportionately large numbers of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous individuals, tried to make it work.1 In fall 2020, many endured high rates of both financial and time poverty. We estimate that 70% of parenting students experienced basic needs insecurity, including insufficient access to affordable food and/or housing.2 However higher rates of need do not always result in higher levels of support.  \nEmergency aid in the form of fast, flexible dollars delivered just in time can be a critical means of support to help parenting students and their children survive.3 Since the onset of the pandemic, Congress has given colleges and universities from coast to coast nearly $70 billion in relief, over $30 billion of which must be spent on emergency aid.4 This brief examines parenting students’ access to and use of that support during fall 2020. We draw on results from a survey that reached more than 195,000 students at 202 colleges and universities, including 32,000 parenting students who were parenting, offering primary care to, or acting as a guardian for at least one child.  \nLESSON \\#1: Parenting students are more likely to apply for emergency aid and should be prioritized when awarding support.  \nAcross all students surveyed, over two-thirds who needed support did not receive it.5 However, parenting students who needed support were more likely than other students to apply for emergency aid (Figure 1) . But those applicants were not more likely than other students to receive support. In other words, parenting students were not consistently prioritized for emergency aid. Among parenting students, single parents with children younger than six were more likely to apply for support than all parenting students. Due to their additional expenses and the fact that support benefits both recipients and their children, parenting students should be prioritized in the future.  \nFIGURE 1 | EMERGENCY AID APPLICATION AND RECEIPT RATES, BY PARENTING STATUS  \nPercentage (%)  \n100  \n90  \n80  \n70  \n60  \n50  \n40  \n30  \n20  \n10  \n0  \n78  \n77 77  \n\n| 30 |  |  |  | 35 |  |  | 38 |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nNon-Parenting Parenting Students Single Parents  \nStudents with Children \u003C 6  \nSOURCE | 2020 \\#RealCollege Survey NOTES | Sample includes all students experiencing basic needs insecurity. A parenting student is a parent, primary caregiver, or guardian (legal or informal) of any children in or outside their household. Received rates are among those that applied for aid. For more information on our measure of basic needs insecurity, see The Hope Center’s report  \n\\#RealCollege 2021: Basic Needs Insecurity During  the Ongoing Pandemic.  \n Applied  Received (among those who applied)  \nLESSON \\#2: Parenting students are generally more aware of emergency aid and a bit more comfortable applying for it, but there is room for improvement.  \nInsufficient information is a common reason students do not seek out supports like emergency aid.6 Among students with need who do not apply for emergency aid, parenting students have greater awareness of emergency aid programs than their peers. They are also more likely to perceive themselves as eligible for aid and understand how to apply. This good news is likely reflective of intentional outreach by programs serving parenting students. However, among those students with need who do not apply, almost half of parenting students remain unaware that emergency aid is available (Figure 2). About 70% do not believe they are eligible, and more than 40% do not knowhow to apply. Thus, there is a great deal of room to imp","cbCais0ynGxIRJBF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCais0ynGxIRJBF","pdf",557500,"English","# Lesson #1\n## Lesson #2\n## Figure 1: Emergency aid application and receipt rates\n## Figure 2: Reasons for not using emergency aid\n## Figure 3: Agreement with stigma-related statement","[{\"question\":\"How does emergency aid help parenting students during the pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"Emergency aid provides fast, flexible dollars delivered just in time, helping parenting students and their children survive during periods of need.\"},{\"question\":\"Why might parenting students not receive emergency aid even when they apply?\",\"answer\":\"The brief finds that applicants were not consistently prioritized for receiving support, meaning higher application likelihood did not translate into higher receipt rates.\"},{\"question\":\"What communication and stigma barriers affect emergency aid utilization?\",\"answer\":\"Insufficient information is a major barrier, and many students do not know they can access aid, whether they are eligible, or how to apply. 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