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Now is the time to schedule meetings with your Members of Congress when they are home for August recess (House: July 25, and Senate: August 4 — both through September 2). Check House and Senate websites to find district schedulers to arrange meetings in your district or state.
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House Pushes Through Senate’s Harmful Budget Reconciliation Bill, Ignores Warnings From National, State, and Community Organizations
It is gut-wrenching that as the nation prepares to celebrate America’s birthday, House Republicans have decided to rip away the food assistance, health care, and other basic needs that support the independence of tens of millions of people in all corners of the country by passing (218–214) the Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation bill. Read more in FRAC’s statement.
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Find statements, press releases, FRAC Chat blogs, bill analysis, interactive data tools, and more.
- 2025 Budget Reconciliation: Oppose Cuts to the Federal Food and Nutrition Programs
- Creating a Healthier Future by Protecting and Strengthening the Child Nutrition Programs
- Creating a Healthier Future by Protecting and Strengthening the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Fiscal Year 2026 Budget and Appropriations Priorities for Food and Nutrition Programs
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Visit Farm Bill 2025 for all Farm Bill legislation and actions.
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Visit Budget, Reconciliation & Appropriations for all relevant legislation and actions.
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Visit our Healthy School Meals for All (HSMFA) microsite for all HSMFA legislation and actions.
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Visit FRAC’s Bills We’re Supporting page for additional priorities for families struggling against hunger.
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SNAP Matters: Quotes from Participants
SNAP matters. Learn why in FRAC’s new SNAP Matters two-pager, which features quotes from SNAP recipients on the federal nutrition program’s value and importance. Learn why proposed cuts to SNAP would be disastrous for people with low incomes by exploring the testimonials of SNAP participants.
Budget Reconciliation 101
Curious about Budget Reconciliation? Unsure about the process or special rules to look out for? Explore this three-page report that explains what you need to know.
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In Improving Summer EBT for Indian Tribal Organizations, you’ll find recommended program changes, including statutory changes and regulatory changes, that will allow more Tribes to distribute benefits and reduce summertime food insecurity.
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Created in collaboration by FRAC and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, Summer EBT in Indian Country: A Report on Tribal Success, Barriers, and Best Practices serves as an introduction to Summer EBT. Highlighting barriers identified by tribes, this case study also offers lessons learned and best practices from Chickasaw Nation. It underlines the profound positive impact of this program, highlights tribal success, and identifies ways to improve the process for future tribal participation in the program.
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By creating a strong, intuitive Summer EBT application form, states can maximize accessibility and lessen the administrative burden of the program by creating a lasting database. This new case study, Summer EBT: Application and Database Best Practices From 2024, aims to present the best practices for program applications and databases, and different pathways for states to fulfill 2025 Summer EBT requirements.
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Developed by Kimberly Montez, MD, MPH, FAAP, and Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP, in partnership with FRAC, Connecting Families to WIC: A Practical Toolkit for Health Care Providers, is designed to help health care professionals more effectively identify and address gaps in participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
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The first year of Summer EBT implementation, 2024, saw two Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) join 37 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories in participating in the program. Together, these two Tribes — Chickasaw Nation and Cherokee Nation — issued benefits to a large number of children who resided in their respective Tribal service area and who otherwise would not have received benefits, as Oklahoma had opted out of the program.
Sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) under the recently passed budget reconciliation package (H.R. 1 also known as OBBBA) —passed by a majority of Republicans in Congress and signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 — will force states to make tough choices, even before many provisions officially take effect. One early example: Texas has opted out of the Summer EBT Program, which provides nutrition support to school-age children during the summer, citing concerns over future state obligations to fund SNAP as a key reason.
The national anti-hunger community lost a champion this week. Diane Doherty, executive director of Illinois Hunger Coalition (IHC) since 1996, passed away on July 14, 2025. During her time in FRAC’s network, she worked tirelessly with many FRAC staff and partners to fight poverty-related hunger in Illinois and across the U.S.