Working to End Hunger in America
FRAC improves the nutrition, health, and well-being of people struggling against poverty-related hunger in the United States through advocacy, partnerships, and by advancing bold and equitable policy solutions.
Resources
Hunger & Poverty in America
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Food Insufficiency during COVID-19
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Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation – October 2021 and October 2022
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Summer EBT Resource Center
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Healthy School Meals for All
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Expanded Child Tax Credits: A Transformational Opportunity to Help Families Put Food on the Table Research Brief
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Budget Reconciliation 101
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USDA Guidelines on Using Existing Authority to Implement SFSP and SSO Meal Delivery
Q&As from the USDA on the logistics of delivering meals through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) while using existing authority.
News
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This National School Lunch Week, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is rallying support for a crucial initiative: a nationwide Healthy School Meals for All policy. This would ensure all students have access to the nutritious school meals they need to learn and thrive.
Soon, D-SNAP will help those impacted by Hurricane Helene — heralded as the worst hurricane of the modern era.5 With each passing year, people in America have experienced some of the costliest and most destructive storms on record.6 The climate crisis is increasing the frequency, intensity, and destruction of extreme weather events across the U.S.7
Hunger is compounded by disasters and emergencies that affect food distribution, including extreme weather events, and D-SNAP fills the gap by providing participants with emergency benefits for food.
The latest U.S. Census Bureau and food security reports reminded me of this scene. The reports showed that, in 2023, 42.8 million people lived in poverty and 47.4 million lived in households struggling with food insecurity. With an increase of households impacted by food insecurity and significant levels of poverty continuing in the wealthiest, most powerful nation in world history, we have a problem we should all be anxious about.
How is it that, in the land of plenty, all that these reports show is that we have plenty of poverty and hunger?
This is why the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is working on solutions to strengthen federal programs to end poverty-related hunger in America.
Recent Publications & Data
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On September 18, 2024, FRAC Interim President Crystal FitzSimons testified in front of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research. The hearing, entitled “Keeping Kids Learning in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program,” is available to watch on the committee webpage. Read FRAC’s written testimony.
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FRAC’s Guide to Federal Nutrition Programs During Disasters explains how federal nutrition programs work during disasters and what advocates, elected officials, and programs service providers can do to help meet nutrition needs before, during, and after a disaster.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is a critical program that provides people with low incomes, including women, LGBTQIA+ people, and their families with essential food assistance. SNAP helps ensure that women and LGBTQIA+ people can meet their basic needs and supports their well-being. But while SNAP plays a crucial role in alleviating food insufficiency for women and families, currently, there are barriers that prevent food-insecure women, especially those facing multiple forms of discrimination, from fully accessing and benefiting from SNAP. Learn more in FRAC’s updated 2024 research brief with the National Women’s Law Center, Gender and Racial Justice in SNAP.
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FRAC’s Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report reveals a drop in the number of children receiving nutrition over the summer following the loss of pandemic-era waivers. Download the report to learn more.
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