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
Make America Healthy Again Commission: Improve Child Health by Protecting and Strengthening the Federal Nutrition Programs
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National SNAP Fact Sheet
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Challenges in Researching the Diets of SNAP Recipients
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CEP State-by-State Fact Sheets
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SNAP Challenge 2025 Toolkit
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Community Eligibility: The Key to Hunger-Free Schools, School Year 2023 – 2024
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FRAC by the Numbers 2024
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Hunger & Poverty in America
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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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Millions of households with low income must make difficult decisions every day when juggling the cost of many essential expenses — housing, food, utilities, child care, transportation to work, health care, and more. While costs continue to rise, income remains limited. Nearly half of households renting are cost-burdened (spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent). Households with low incomes spend about 18 percent of their income on energy, over three times the national average.
Senate Republicans have introduced a reconciliation bill that echoes the House’s approach to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), proposing sweeping and deeply concerning cuts. While not identical, the Senate proposal poses a similarly serious threat to food assistance for millions of Americans.
Late on Friday, May 30, the White House released a more detailed version of its fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget, expanding on the earlier “skinny budget.” The proposal maintains the administration’s stated goal of significantly reducing funding for key domestic programs, including those that support housing, education, nutrition, and health.
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In February 2025, the president signed an Executive Order established the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission. The Commission is tasked with investigating and addressing the root causes of America’s escalating health crisis, with an initial focus on childhood chronic diseases. Within 180 days, the Commission will use the findings from the assessment to create a strategy aimed at improving the health of America’s children.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s first line of defense against hunger, helping 42.6 million people in the U.S. put food on the table. As food insecurity and food prices continue increasing, protecting and strengthening SNAP is more important than ever. Discover SNAP’s impact across the U.S. in FRAC’s national SNAP fact sheet.
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The federal nutrition programs are a critical support for tens of millions of households — helping them put food on the table during times of need. Investing in hunger prevention and relief also makes smart fiscal sense. Find budget and appropriations priorities for SNAP, child nutrition programs, TEFAP, older adults nutrition programs, FDPIR, and more in FRAC’s 2025 budget and appropriations leave behind for the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps over 42 million participants put food on the table each month, supporting food security, improving health outcomes, and boosting academic performance. Congress should again protect SNAP’s structure and funding. Learn about bills that would strengthen SNAP in FRAC’s 2025 SNAP leave behind for the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference.
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