Working to End Hunger in America
FRAC is the leading national nonprofit organization working to eradicate poverty-related hunger and undernutrition in the United States.
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Veterans Have Fought for Our Country — They Shouldn’t Have to Fight Against Hunger
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How to Protect Families from the Proposed Public Charge Rule
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What Every Candidate Should Know About Hunger
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Opportunities for Schools to Provide Disaster Relief Through the Child Nutrition Programs
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Protect the Federal Nutrition Programs
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Tools You Can Use: GROW YOUR School, Afterschool, and Summer Nutrition Programs
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FRAC Facts: Community Eligibility Provision
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SNAP Strengths
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Farm Bill Resource Toolkit
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How to Successfully Implement Breakfast After the Bell Legislation in Your State
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Call to Congress - 2018 Farm Bill: Congress Must Protect and Strengthen SNAP
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The Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Improving Health and Well-Being
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Veterans Day provides an opportunity to salute the brave individuals who have served our country. For me, the day begins with wondering why so many men and women who have served our country now struggle with hunger. It’s simply unacceptable in one of the world’s wealthiest nations. Beyond an empty stomach, food insecurity is associated with serious and costly health problems, which no veteran should experience.
The State of Obesity recently released a collection of firsthand accounts from SNAP participants. The collection of SNAP stories goes beyond facts and figures and uses personal experience to discuss the critical support SNAP provides to individuals from all walks of life across the nation. StoryCorps and Upworthy produced the narratives with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
To address food insecurity and poverty in Maryland, more than 150 Marylanders came together for the eighth annual Maryland Food Access and Nutrition Network (MFANN) Fighting Hunger in Maryland conference in Annapolis on October 9. As the only statewide anti-hunger conference, MFANN Fighting Hunger in Maryland connects leaders from state and local agencies, nonprofits, schools, and advocacy organizations to inform, engage, and inspire action to reduce hunger and promote equity in food access and nutrition in Maryland.
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Many school districts and a number of state policies include providing a reimbursable school lunch to students regardless of their ability to pay. These districts can take important steps to reduce or eliminate the school meal debt that this approach can incur. Strategies include offering school breakfast, school lunch or breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students when it is financially viable; taking steps to ensure that all students who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals are certified to receive them; implementing USDA policies that can help reduce school meal debt; and responding quickly when students begin to accrue debt.
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This interactive map, produced in collaboration with the AARP Foundation, shows the share of all households with seniors (60+) in each state that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at the state, metropolitan, small town, and rural levels.
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This interactive map, produced in collaboration with the AARP Foundation, shows the share of all households with seniors (60+) that participate in SNAP in each county. Each county within a state is grouped into one of three categories: Metro, Small Town, and Rural.
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