ON THE HILL
- 2018 Farm Bill letter to House and Senate Budget and Appropriations CommitteesFRAC is proud to have played a leadership role in developing and garnering support for this letter (pdf) urging the House and Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees not to “hinder development and passage of the 2018 Farm Bill with further cuts.”
- SNAP Support Letters
FRAC’s Review of President’s Proposed FY 2018 Budget
On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, President Trump released his FY 2018 budget proposal. The devastating cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reflect a callous failure to recognize the critical role SNAP plays as a first line of defense against hunger for tens of millions of Americans. This review is a summary of proposed reductions to SNAP and an overview of how other critical nutrition programs and other social safety net programs fare in the president’s budget.
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Prohibit Lunch Shaming: Endorse S. 1064 and H.R. 2401
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Read MoreThe Anti-Lunch Shaming Act of 2017
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Recent Publications & Data
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What’s at a summer meals site?
Free nutritious meals and snacks
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Educational activities
Opportunities to play
Adult supervision
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Quote of the Day: Hunger doesn’t take a vacation. Summer meals matter. – FRAC President Jim Weill
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3M children ate summer meals in July 2016.
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A report on the reach of summer breakfast and a companion piece to FRAC’s Summer Nutrition Status Report: Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation, released on June 13, which focuses on summer lunch participation.
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The problem of food insecurity among households with people with disabilities would be far worse if not for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). In an average month in 2015 (pdf), SNAP served an estimated 4.5 million households that included a person with a disability — 1 in 5 of all SNAP households.
FRAC’s Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation report finds that 3 million children participated in the Summer Nutrition Programs on an average weekday in July 2016.
I joined FRAC’s communications team with the hope of learning more about public health policy and advocacy and the nonprofit sector more generally. My internship has been deeply rewarding.