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Rethinking Summer Food: A New Vision to Reduce Summer Hunger
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Summer Food Service Program Fact Sheet
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Summer Meals in Rural Communities – Get the Facts
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New Report: Initiatives to Make SNAP Benefits More Adequate Significantly Improve Food Security, Nutrition, and Health
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What Every Policymaker Should Know About Hunger
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2019 Editorial Calendar
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Conference Call Recording: Spotlight on Seniors and SNAP
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Tools You Can Use: GROW YOUR School, Afterschool, and Summer Nutrition Programs
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SNAP Strengths
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Protect the Federal Nutrition Programs
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FRAC Facts: Community Eligibility Provision
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Farm Bill Resource Toolkit
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How to Successfully Implement Breakfast After the Bell Legislation in Your State
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The Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Improving Health and Well-Being
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School Breakfast Participation
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Summer is a time for lounging by the pool, enjoying a picnic or barbeque, and, of course, catching up on the latest research on hunger, nutrition, and poverty! Strengthen your anti-hunger advocacy muscle this summer by diving into some of FRAC’s newest research, reports, and resources.
This interview was originally published by The State of Obesity on July 9, 2019.
June, the beginning of the Atlantic Ocean’s hurricane season, is a good time to highlight disaster preparedness and the role of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in helping to reduce hunger and food insecurity before, during, and after a disaster.
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The upcoming Child Nutrition Reauthorization offers Congress the opportunity to address school meals debt, which is a common problem for school districts across the country. School meals debt can occur when students who are not certified to receive free school meals arrive in the cafeteria without cash in hand or in their school meals account to pay for their meals or for the “reduced-price” copayment.
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Interactive maps and tables providing state-by-state data on participation in breakfast and lunch service through the Summer Nutrition Programs.
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This primer features information on how to support opportunities to register people to vote through public assistance agencies.
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The Summer Nutrition Programs play a critical role in closing the summer nutrition gap that exists for low-income families when the school year — and access to school breakfast and lunch — ends.
To make sure you have everything you need to show policymakers that there are too many children in your state missing out on free summer meals, FRAC has developed a communications toolkit for states.
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