What you NEED TO KNOW about Hunger

In 2008, 49.1 million Americans struggled against hunger.

In the last three months of 2009, 18.5 percent of households said they couldn’t afford enough food for their families – a term FRAC describes as food hardship.

Of the 436 Congressional Districts (including the District of Columbia), 311 had a food hardship rate of 15 percent or higher. Practically every Congressional District in the country had more than a tenth of households reporting food hardship. Learn more...

What you NEED TO READ about Hunger

Ending Child Hunger by 2015: Strategies for Achieving the President’s Goal

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.

What you NEED TO DO about Hunger

Sign the National, State and Community-based Organizational Letter Opposing SNAP/Food Stamp Cuts

(Deadline: Tuesday, August 3 at Noon ET)

Click here to view and sign your organization onto the letter opposing Senate proposals cutting billions from future SNAP/Food Stamp benefits to offset part of the cost for other legislative priorities. SNAP/Food Stamp cuts should never be used as a way to pay for legislation.