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  • Report

    This report measures the reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs in July 2021, nationally and in each state, compared to July 2019 and July 2020.

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  • Guide

    Partial implementation allows school districts to implement the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) in individual schools, a group of schools, or multiple groups of schools to participate in CEP instead of implementing it district-wide. Learn more about why school districts choose CEP, calculating CEP reimbursements, grouping, and communication strategies in this guide. 

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  • Fact Sheet

    In 2022, the country started to “return to normal,” while still grappling with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the year, FRAC worked steadfastly to strengthen the federal nutrition programs. Learn more about FRAC’s advocacy and research highlights from 2022 in our Year in Review brief.

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  • Advocacy Tool

    Signed by over 900 national, state, and local organizations, FRAC’s sign-on letter urges Congressional leadership to aggressively pursue and reach a bipartisan agreement this calendar year on Child Nutrition Reauthorization and ensure that the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is updated and strengthened to reflect the program’s pressing needs.

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  • Advocacy Tool

    Signed by over 500 national, state, and local organizations, FRAC’s sign-on letter urges Congressional leadership to reinstate the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in any end of the year tax package. 

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  • Fact Sheet

    This fact sheet provides organizations information on how federal nutrition programs can help grandfamilies and kinship families with low incomes access healthy meals, food, and resources to buy food.

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  • Advocacy Tool

    In this sign-on letter, FRAC and other national anti-hunger organizations call on Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) to expand the Community Eligibility Provision in the upcoming Senate version of Child Nutrition Reauthorization.  

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  • Fact Sheet

    A pesar de los beneficios demostrados de WIC, muy pocas personas con derecho a hacerlo, participan. Aprenda más sobre El Programa de Innovación y Alcance Comunitario de WIC.

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  • Fact Sheet

    Learn more about the WIC Community Innovation and Outreach (CIAO) Program in FRAC’s new fact sheet.

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  • Fact Sheet

    Healthy School Meals for All means offering a free breakfast and lunch to all students at school, regardless of their household income, so they can learn and thrive. Learn more in FRAC’s new fact sheet.

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  • Report

    WIC is an important resource for families with young children during the COVID-19 pandemic. WIC waivers and enhancements during the pandemic have simultaneously removed access barriers and increased the value of participating in WIC, resulting in overall increases in program participation. In February 2022, WIC reached 6.2 million participants, a 1.2 percent increase from February 2020. Learn more in FRAC’s latest report, WIC During COVID-19: Participation and Benefit Redemption Since the Onset of the Pandemic. 

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  • Chart

    This chart provides a look at the range of federal nutrition programs available to grandfamilies and kinship families with low incomes. Most of these programs are available to anyone who is eligible without waitlists or participation caps, and the programs are especially important resources for grandfamilies and kinship families, since a caregiver does not need to have legal custody or guardianship, or be related to the child living with them to receive help.

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  • Guide

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service issued Streamlining Program Requirements and Improving Integrity in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) on September 19, 2022, a final rule that simplifies and clarifies SFSP program requirements while also removing administrative barriers. Several of the final changes formally codify many of the rescinded policies that were previously available through nationwide waivers, as well as several flexibilities that are currently available through policy guidance. Learn more in FRAC’s summary.

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  • Fact Sheet

    The SNAP Excess Shelter Deduction allows households applying for SNAP to claim a variety of shelter costs related to housing (such as rent, property taxes, repair costs) and utilities when determining net income. Current federal law, however, places a limit on the amount of excess shelter costs that households can claim unless one of their members is 60 or older or has a disability.

    Learn how the Shelter Cap exacerbates the squeeze many families already experience between food and shelter expenses in this national fact sheet.

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  • Interactive Data Tool

    This interactive map provides household food insecurity rates, by state, on average over 2019-2021.

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