WE CAN END COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. THISCONFERENCE GRANT IS DESIGNED TO PRESENT EVIDENCE OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. ALABAMA IS THE FIRST STATE TO DEVELOP A STATE-WIDE COALITION WITH EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. THE COALITION INCLUDES 10 DIVERSE 4-YEAR UNIVERSITIES IN ALABAMA (ALABAMA A&AMP;M UNIVERSITY (HBCU), ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (HBCU), AUBURN UNIVERSITY, JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, TROY UNIVERSITY, TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (HBCU), UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA, AND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA) WHO WILL PRESENT THEIR SUCCESSFUL CAMPUS-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. THE CONFERENCE WILL CONNECT ALABAMA EXTENSION TO 4-AND 2-YEAR UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES IN ALABAMA AND EXPLORE TOOLS, BEST PRACTICES, AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS STUDENT FOOD AND NUTRITION NEEDS. THIS CONFERENCE WILL ALSO PROVIDE A WORKSHOP FOR THE NEWLY DEVELOPED HUNGER-FREE UNIVERSITY TOOLKIT, WHICH IS A 6-STEP COMMUNITY-BASED GUIDE TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HOSTED ON THE CAMPUS OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY (AUBURN, AL) ON MAY 20-21, 2021. IN ADDITION TO THE STATE-WIDE COALITION MEMBERS AND THE 2-YEAR COLLEGES, ATTENDEES WILL INCLUDE; ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS, AUBURN UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS, ALABAMA STATE OFFICIALS, SELECT ALABAMA COUNTY EXTENSION COORDINATORS, AND NUTRITION STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY.COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY IS HIGHER THAN THE RATE OF US HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY (GAO, 2018; USDA, 2019). WE CAN END COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. THIS CONFERENCE GRANT IS DESIGNED TO PRESENT EVIDENCE OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. ALABAMA IS THE FIRST STATE TO DEVELOP A STATE-WIDE COALITION WITH EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO DECREASE COLLEGE STDUENT FOOD INSECURITY. THE COALITION INCLUDES 10 DIVERSE 4-YEAR UNIVERSITIES IN ALABAMA (ALABAMA A&AMP;M UNIVERSITY (HBCU), ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (HBCU), AUBURN UNIVERSITY, JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY, TROY UNIVERSITY, TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY (HBCU), UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA, AND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA) WHO WILL PRESENT THEIR SUCCESSFUL CAMPS-SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. THE CONFERENCE WILL CONNECT ALABAMA EXTENSION TO 4- AND 2 YEAR UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES IN ALABAMA AND EXXPLORE TOOLS, BEST PRACTICES, AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS STUDENT FOOD AND NUTRITION NEEDS. THIS CONFERENCE WILL ALSO PROVIDE A WORKSHOP FOR THE NEWLY DEVELOPED HUNGER-FREE UNIVERSITY TOOLKIT, WHICH IS A 6-STEP COMMUNITY-BASED GUIDE TO IMPLEMENT STRATGEGIES TO DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HOSTED ON THE CAMPUS OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY (AUBURN, AL). IN ADDITION TO THE STATE-WIDE COALITIONMEMBERS AND THE 2-YEAR COLLEGES, ATTENDEES WILL INCLUDE; ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS, AUBURN UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS, ALABAMA STATE OFFICIALS, SELECT ALABAMA COUNTY EXTENSION COORDINATORS, AND NUTRITION STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY.