December 19, 2007
Simplified Summer Food, Emerson Fellows, and More: Final FY2008 Spending Bill Bolsters Support for Federal Food and Nutrition Programs
December 14, 2007
Senate Passes Farm Bill with Strong Nutrition Title
December 11, 2007
School Breakfast Program Grows to Serve 8.1 Million Low-Income Children
November 14, 2007
More than 35.5 Million Americans Struggled Against Hunger in 2006
November 2, 2007
FRAC Analysis: State Food Stamp Participation Rates in 2005
September 30, 2007
FRAC Joins Organizations in Urging Congress for Speedy Passage of Farm Bill (pdf)
August 7, 2007
Back-to-School Time Approaching, But Breakfast Not On the Schedule for Many Students
May 2, 2007
FRAC Analysis: Implications of the IOM Report on Nutrition Standards in Schools
April 25, 2007
FRAC Statement on the IOM Report on Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools
April 19, 2007
FRAC Joins Sign-On Letter in Support of Increased Funding for Human Needs Programs in FY08 Budget
April 9, 2007
FRAC Supports House Budget Resolution, Seeks Greater Investments in Food Stamps (pdf)
March 14, 2007
FRAC President Jim Weill Testifies before House Subcommittee on Food Stamps’ Positive Impact on Children’s Health (pdf)
March 2, 2007
Joint Statement on the 2007 Farm Bill by FRAC, America’s Second Harvest, and APSHA (pdf)
March 1, 2007
FRAC Releases Summer Food Standards of Excellence
February 7, 2007
FRAC Analysis: Nutrition Program Changes in the President’s FY2008 Budget
February 6, 2007
FRAC Statement on President’s FY2008 Budget
January 31, 2007
FRAC Statement on Bush Administration’s Plan for Farm Bill 2007 Reauthorization
January 17, 2007
Key Senate Food & Nutrition Committee Assignments for the 110th Congress (pdf)
December 22, 2006
National Anti-Hunger Organization Issues Statement on Priorities for 2007 Farm Bill: Strenghten Food Stamp Program (pdf)
December 14, 2006
FRAC Special Analysis: 2006 U.S. Conference of Mayors/Sodexho Survey on Hunger and Homelessness
December 7, 2006
FRAC Releases School Breakfast Scorecard 2006. National School Breakfast Program Served Record 7.7 Million Low-Income Children in 2005-2006.
November 15, 2006
More than 35 Million of Americans Lived In Food Insecure Households in 2005
November 7, 2006
FRAC Child Nutrition Director Lynn Parker Honored by American Public Health Association with Mary C. Egan Award
November 3, 2006
FRAC Partners with Taste of the NFL
October 18, 2006
Food Stamps Continue to Serve as Crucial Support in U.S. Cities, But Millions Still Missing out, Finds FRAC Survey
September 15, 2006
FRAC Issues New Tool for Evaluating School Wellness Policies
September 7, 2006
FRAC Guide Details Promising Partnerships and Strategies for Food Stamp Outreach
August 29, 2006
2005 Poverty Data Underscore Need for Action
August 7, 2006
“The Federal Government—the Indispensable Player in Redressing Poverty,” Clearinghouse Review article by FRAC President Jim Weill
August 4, 2006
FRAC Statement in Response to USDA Rule (Published August 4, 2006) Proposing New WIC Food Package
August 4, 2006
FRAC Releases Summary, Statement on New WIC Food Package
July 28, 2006
FRAC Releases Guide to Disaster Food Stamp Program
July 13, 2006
FRAC “Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation” Report: Summer Is No Picnic for Hungry Children Missing School Meals
March 17, 2006
FRAC’s FY 2007 Program Priorities for the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittees
February 28, 2006
FRAC Publishes New Resource on School Wellness Policies, “School Wellness Policy and Practice: Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Students”
February 7, 2006
Nutrition Program Changes in the President’s Budget
January 23, 2006
New Study Reports Strong Links Between Food Insecurity and Negative Developmental Consequences for Young School-age Children
January 3, 2006
FRAC Urges 2007 Farm Bill Make Food Stamp Program Investments
December 14, 2005
15 Senate Republicans sign letter opposing cuts to food stamps in Budget Reconciliation bill (pdf)
November 23, 2005
NPR stories continue this week’s NPR news series on food insecurity:
November 22, 2005
FRAC releases new publication on hunger and obesity: Proceedings of the Roundtable on Understanding the Paradox of Hunger and Obesity (pdf)
November 22, 2005
New FRAC Analysis of Food Insecurity Rates (pdf)
November 22, 2005
NPR story, A Rural Struggle to Keep the Family Fed, begins this week’s NPR news series on food insecurity
November 17, 2005
FRAC releases new paper, Obesity, Food Insecurity and the Federal Nutrition Programs: Understanding the Linkages (pdf)
November 16, 2005
New Advocate’s Guide to School Nutrition Programs (pdf)
October 28, 2005
FRAC Press Release: Number of Hungry and Food Insecure Americans Jumps to 38 Million in 2004; Fifth Straight Annual Increase and Biggest Rise Since 2000.
October 3, 2005
FRAC Report, Getting Food Stamps to Hungry Families on Time: Federal Rules and the High Performance Bonus for Timeliness (pdf)
September 20, 2005
Anti-Hunger Organizations Meet in Washington, D.C.: See Post Hurricane Katrina Statement on Budget and Nutrition Programs
September 12, 2005
Letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) to “indefinitely delay” reconciliation for Food Stamps, Medicaid, housing and education (pdf)
September 7, 2005
View the Food Stamp Support Letter which will be delivered to key House & Senate members throughout September (pdf)
September 6, 2005
USDA Hurricane Katrina Relief Information: Disaster Relief Evacuee Policy, Disaster Contact Information, Special Rules for Accepting Food Stamps, Relaxed Procedures for Key-Entered EBT Transactions, Katrina Aftermath Information
August 31, 2005
FRAC Release, New Census Bureau Report on 2004 Income and Poverty
July 21, 2005
FRAC releases report Advocate’s Guide to the Disaster Food Stamp Program
July 12, 2005
District of Columbia State Education Office: Mayor’s Commission on Food and Nutrition Established (pdf)
June 27, 2005
Letter to Agriculture Committee leadership urging them to protect the nutrition assistance programs
June 16, 2005
Report: Childhood Hunger Doesn’t Take a Summer Vacation
June 10, 2005
House Passes Agriculture Spending Bill
May 2, 2005
New Institute of Medicine Report on the WIC Food Packages
April 19, 2005
FRAC outlines steps to make new food guidance pyramid meaningful for low-income Americans.
February 23, 2005
Federal food programs “2005 State of the States” finds federal nutrition programs making a difference » more
February 7, 2005
Scientific review finds no evidence that federal nutrition program participation causes obesity (pdf)
November 23, 2004
Congress to Approve $35 Billion for Food Stamps, $12 Billion for Child Nutrition Programs in FY2005 Omnibus Conference Report
November 19, 2004
36.3 million Americans live in households unable to purchase adequate food; USDA releases annual hunger and food insecurity rates.
November 18, 2004
School Breakfast Scorecard: 2004 Finds Participation by Low-Income Children in School Breakfast Jumps
October 18, 2004
Chart: WIC Participation 1974-2003 (pdf)
August 26, 2004
Statement of Food Research and Action Center on Census Bureau Release of 2003 Poverty and Income Data
July 22, 2004
Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: A Status Report on the Summer Food Service Program for Children
June 24, 2004
Child Nutrition Reauthorization Unanimously Passes Both Chambers
June 23, 2004
Letter re: Florida privatization addressed to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ann Venemen
June 22, 2004
U.S. Department of Agriculture Honors FRAC for its work on the Food Stamp Electronic Benefits Transfer Card
June 15, 2004
FRAC Awards Distinguished Service Award to Representative Miller and Senator Snowe
June 3, 2004
“Blueprint to End Hunger” Unveiled on Hunger Awareness Day
June 3, 2004
Statement by President Jim Weill, on Hunger Awareness Day
May 28, 2004
Senate Poised to Take Up Child Nutrition Reauthorization in the Coming Weeks
May 25, 2004
Afterschool Guide “Nourish Their Bodies, Feed Their Minds” (pdf)
April 21, 2004
FRAC Releases State of the States, 2004
March 24, 2004
FRAC Response to House Passage of H.R. 3873, “The Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act”
March 11, 2004
House Education and the Workforce Committee Passes H.R. 3873, “The Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act.”
February 20, 2004
FRAC SPECIAL ANALYSIS: Food Stamp Program Participation by Eligible People
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