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This toolkit includes information on organizing a paper plate campaign, which can help Members of Congress to see the efficacy of the federal nutrition programs from a variety of perspectives.

This toolkit provides information on organizing a community call – an effective and efficient way for advocates who have limited travel budgets to connect with their Members of Congress throughout the year.

This toolkit includes information on arranging a Capitol Hill visit, and what to do before, during, and after your visit.

This FRAC report analyzes answers to the question, “Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?” The question was part of a survey conducted by Gallup in 2015 as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, in which 177,281 households participated.

The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) has been issuing reports for several years that analyze the answers to a survey question asked by Gallup about food hardship, which is the inability of American households to afford adequate food. In this report, FRAC looks at the data separately for households with children and households without children.

This brief investigates what the research says about food insecurity and obesity and explores why food insecurity and obesity can exist.

This guide outlines strategies and approaches for accessing local products such as working with an organization that is already using local produce, collaborating with the area school food service director or operating the Farm to School program independently.

This report examines trends in school breakfast participation over the past decade, and finds rapid growth in this program both before and after the new, improved nutrition standards for breakfast were introduced. It also notes that free and reduced-price student breakfast participation increased as the new nutrition standards were implemented. Participation among students who pay most of the cost of their own meals (“paid” students) remained stable.

In this report, FRAC examines SNAP’s role among programs to assist people with disabilities as well as rules and policies that make SNAP accessible and responsive. It also looks at current law to provide recommendations on how to strengthen SNAP’s support for people with disabilities through state policy options, agency practices, and outreach.

FRAC analysis of CACFP participation data for child care centers and family child care homes provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the nation as a whole and for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

A fact sheet describing the benefits of free summer meals for low-income children.

This fact sheet outlines the benefits for libraries in offering meals and snacks through the federal meal programs and includes information on getting started.

Summer Nutrition Legislation and Funding by State

This report measures the reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs in July 2015, nationally and in each state.

Program Comparison Chart: Summer Nutrition Programs and the Afterschool Meal Program