Read the letter from 106 House Democrats (pdf) urging House leaders to pass H.R. 5504 with greater improvements in Child Nutrition Programs, funding them without SNAP/Food Stamps cuts.
FRAC has set out seven essential strategies in Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015: The Essential Strategies for Achieving the President’s Goal (pdf). They focus both on improving and expanding the nation’s nutrition programs, and bolstering the economy and strengthening supports for working families in order to move more out of poverty, the root cause of hunger in this country.
Tell your Member of Congress that SNAP (food stamps) cuts to fund CNR are unacceptable. Download recess action ideas, and learn how to launch a paper plate campaign to help H.R. 5504 pass without SNAP offsets.
SAVE THE DATE - The National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference will be held March 6-8, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
June 10, 2010 - FRAC Marks Forty Year Anniversary at Annual Dinner.
August 13, 2010: Letter from 106 House Democrats
...urging House leaders to pass H.R. 5504 and fund it without making cuts to SNAP/Food Stamps.
August 10, 2010: FRAC Statement: Time to Stop Raiding SNAP Benefits
August 4, 2010: FRAC Statement: Senate Moves Forward on $11.9 Billion Cut in SNAP Benefits; Legislation Needs to Be Fixed Before Passage
August 3, 2010: More Than 40.8 Million Americans Participated in SNAP/Food Stamps in May 2010
July 28, 2010: SNAP/Food Stamps on Chopping Block, Again - Senate Leaders Include Proposal to Cut Millions from Future SNAP Benefits.
July 21, 2010: Actions Needed to Ensure Passage of Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR)
July 20, 2010: Jim Weill remarks at Institute of Medicine Workshop on Health Impacts of WIC - Session 4: Food Insecurity and Hunger.
July 15, 2010: FRAC Statement: House Education and Labor Committee Passes the Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act (H.R. 5504).
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