Research & Data

Recent Publications & Data

• Guide
  Summer Nutrition and Enrichment Programs: Effective Tools to Support Child Food Security, Health, and Learning During the Summertime

  During the summer, far too many children and adolescents experience food insecurity, weight gain, and learning loss, compromising their health and ability to thrive during summer break and beyond. A key strategy to address these issues is to connect more students — especially low-income students — to high-quality summer meal and enrichment programs, which support student food security, health, and learning. This brief first summarizes important research on summertime food insecurity, weight gain, and learning loss, and then describes the value and effectiveness of the federal Summer Nutrition Programs and summer enrichment programming.

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• Toolkit
  Communications Toolkit: SNAP Matters for Seniors

  FRAC’s communications toolkit for states includes a model news release for states to customize, sample social media, graphics, a video, and more.

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• Guide
  SFSP in Kansas: Replicable Strategies to Increase Summer Meals Participation

  Kansas communities have come together to serve thousands more meals year after year to kids through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). SFSP in Kansas: Replicable Strategies to Increase Summer Meals Participation highlights best practices to expand SFSP and demonstrate replicable strategies for advocates in other states.

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• Advocacy Tool
  A Primer: SNAP’s Importance in Supporting Seniors Struggling Against Hunger in the U.S.

  This primer examines the importance of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in improving the health, nutrition, and well-being of millions of senior adults (age 60 and older) struggling against hunger, and it summarizes opportunities to expand this vital program to reach more seniors across the country.

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