**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** LET'S PUT AN END TO THE STARVING COLLEGE STUDENT ERA! WE CAN END COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. THIS CONFERENCE GRANT IS DESIGNED TO BUILD CAPACITY BETWEEN COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES AND FOOD SYSTEMS IN TO DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY. LEAD BY THE HUNGER-FREE HIGHER ED IS A NETWORK OF STATE-WIDE (ALABAMA AND KENTUCKY) POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES WITH EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO DECREASE COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY, THE CONFERENCE WILL BUILD AND STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS, EXPLORE TOOLS, BEST PRACTICES, AND STRATEGIES USED TO ADDRESS STUDENT FOOD AND NUTRITION NEEDS. POSTER AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS FROM ALABAMA AND KENTUCKY COALITION PARTNERS WILL HIGHLIGHTCAMPUS-SPECIFIC IMPACTS/OUTCOMES REGARDING STRATEGIES, POLICIES, AND SYSTEMS TO DECREASE FOOD INSECURITY. ADDITIONALLY, COALITION PARTNERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH FOOD INDUSTRY PARTNERS (DAIRY COUNCIL, ARAMARK, NATURE MADE) AND COMMUNITY FOOD-AID STAKEHOLDERS (SNAP, WIC, FARMER'S MARKET, AND EAST ALABAMA FOOD BANK). THE CONFERENCE WILL BE HOSTED IN MONTGOMERY, AL ON NOVEMBER 14-15, 2024, AND DIRECTED BY A COMMITTEE OF FOOD-AID RESOURCE STAKEHOLDERS REPRESENTING DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE ALABAMA AND KENTUCKY COALITION MEMBERS, SOME OF THE ATTENDEES WILL INCLUDE; ALABAMA ARISE, ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS, AUBURN UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS, ALABAMA STATE OFFICIALS, SELECT ALABAMA COUNTY EXTENSION COORDINATORS, END CHILD HUNGER IN AL, FEEDING AL, NUTRITION STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY, AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM CAMPUS COALITIONS. THE CONFERENCE ALSO OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR NON-MEMBER COALITION STUDENTS TO ATTEND BREAK-OUT SESSIONS. THE CONFERENCE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE AWARENESS/KNOWLEDGE OF COLLEGE STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY, INCREASE FOOD-AID RESOURCES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN ALABAMA AND KENTUCKY, AND INCREASE INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATIONS AND SUPPORT.