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Individuals: Urge Congress to Reverse Harmful SNAP Cuts
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Individuals: Urge Congress to Fully Fund WIC
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While the Government Is Shut Down, Our Advocacy Efforts Continue
WIC Advocacy
The Senate-passed funding level ($8.2 billion) for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) ensures that WIC can meet anticipated participation and safeguard the cash value benefit (CVB) that allows WIC participants to purchase fruits and vegetables.
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Individuals – Use the FRAC Action Network to easily send a pre-populated email, or craft your own, to your Members of Congress. Use and share the FRAC-led letter signed by nearly 400 organizations that urges Congress its nearly 30-year bipartisan commitment to fully fund WIC.
SNAP Advocacy
The Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025 would repeal the damaging budget reconciliation cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and will soon be introduced.
Take Action:
Organizations – Sign and share a letter organized by FRAC and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) calling on Members of Congress to cosponsor the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025. The deadline to sign on is Friday, October 10, 2025.
Individuals — Use the FRAC Action Network (FAN) to send a ready-to-go email to your Members of Congress urging them to reject any Farm Bill that does not address the recent, devastating SNAP cuts and to actively pursue every legislative avenue to restore SNAP.
Advocacy Needed to Reinstate’s USDA’s Food Security Report
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that, after this year, it will no longer release the Economic Research Service (ERS) Household Food Security report, the gold standard for measuring hunger in America. This decision silences the evidence we need to hold policymakers accountable and threatens to deepen America’s hunger crisis.
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Individuals – Use the FRAC Action Network to urge your Members of Congress to reach out to USDA and demand it reinstate the ERS Household Food Security report.
Hundreds of Organizations Urge Congress to Fully Fund WIC
Nearly 400 organizations signed on to a letter urging Congress to fully fund WIC at the Senate-passed level of $8.2 billion to ensure families can access essential nutrition benefits. The letter calls for enforceable language in any spending bill and continued bipartisan support to maintain the full value of the fruit and vegetable benefit. See FRAC’s news release here.
House Pushes Through Senate’s Harmful Budget Reconciliation Bill, Ignores Warnings From National, State, and Community Organizations
It is gut-wrenching that as the nation prepares to celebrate America’s birthday, House Republicans have decided to rip away the food assistance, health care, and other basic needs that support the independence of tens of millions of people in all corners of the country by passing (218–214) the Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation bill. Read more in FRAC’s statement.
Explore FRAC’s Budget Reconciliation Resources
Find statements, press releases, FRAC Chat blogs, bill analysis, interactive data tools, and more.
- 2025 Budget Reconciliation: Oppose Cuts to the Federal Food and Nutrition Programs
- Creating a Healthier Future by Protecting and Strengthening the Child Nutrition Programs
- Creating a Healthier Future by Protecting and Strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Fiscal Year 2026 Budget and Appropriations Priorities for Food and Nutrition Programs
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Visit Farm Bill 2025 for all Farm Bill legislation and actions.
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Visit Budget, Reconciliation & Appropriations for all relevant legislation and actions.
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Visit our Healthy School Meals for All (HSMFA) microsite for all HSMFA legislation and actions.
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Visit FRAC’s Bills We’re Supporting page for additional priorities for families struggling against hunger.
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Budget Reconciliation 101
Curious about Budget Reconciliation? Unsure about the process or special rules to look out for? Explore this three-page report that explains what you need to know.
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Urge your Representatives to support and strengthen the Federal Nutrition Programs. Learn about the latest opportunities for action by signing up for the FRAC Action Network. Hungry people can’t wait.
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Learn more about available federal grants and other funding opportunities to expand young children’s access to local foods in this guide from FRAC, the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists, National Farm to School Network, and Policy Equity Group.
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Launched in 2011 as a demonstration project and made permanent in 2023, Summer EBT provides families with $120 per eligible child to buy groceries during the summer. Despite Summer EBT’s many benefits, some states are choosing to reject the federal funding available through the program and instead implement state-funded programs that reach significantly fewer children. Summer EBT is a proven, cost-effective way to reduce summer hunger and improve nutrition while strengthening local economies.
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Nine states have already shown the country what’s possible by passing Healthy School Meals for All policies—and now it’s your turn. FRAC’s Healthy School Meals for All State Advocacy Guide, is a comprehensive resource designed to support advocates in launching and advancing campaigns in their own states. Explore key strategies, tools, and lessons learned from successful efforts across the country in this step-by-step guide.
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Summer EBT: Strategies for Communications and Outreach, a new case study featuring insights from the Arizona Food Bank Network, Greater Chicago Food Depository, and Hunger Solutions New York, outlines state requirements for Summer EBT outreach and communication and highlights best practices.
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The Bottom Line: The child nutrition programs — including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) — are expected to continue operating during a short-term shutdown. The Summer EBT and Summer Nutrition Programs are not impacted by this shutdown as funding for these programs has already been disbursed.
Food insecurity is one of the major drivers of poor health outcomes in the U.S., making the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) indispensable. Research shows that hunger is the most damaging health consequence of poverty, contributing to chronic disease, impairing child development, and adding billions in avoidable health care costs each year.
The bottom line: Based on what we know now, WIC can remain operational during a short-term shutdown if steps are taken to support the program. Stakeholders should look to their WIC agencies for official updates on operations.