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In March 2020, schools across the country shuttered in response to the pandemic, and a majority of school districts provided instruction virtually or through a hybrid model for part or all of the 2020-2021 school year.
FRAC’s new report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the pandemic on participation in both breakfast and lunch across three school years: 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021.

If you, like me, have found yourself struggling to fully grasp the current slate of pending legislation in our nation’s capital during this midterm election year, you have come to the right place. FRAC has a variety of resources to help you make sense of key legislation. Critical legislation relevant to the anti-hunger and anti-poverty community remains at the forefront of conversations in 2022.

There are four big legislative items you should know about at this current juncture. Together, these vehicles for potentially progressive policy present historic opportunities to eradicate poverty-related hunger in the United States. Knowing how key legislation affects federal food and nutrition programs, individually and together, is essential as advocates push to make the most of 2022.

Several temporary SNAP improvements that have mitigated food hardship during the COVID-19 crisis terminate whenever that PHE ends.  A PHE termination threatens to result in a significant “hunger cliff” for millions of people. In addition to other relief that expires, most SNAP participants will lose $82 a month in SNAP benefits.

This two-part blog summarizes the array of SNAP aid tied to the duration of that PHE declaration, makes a case for maintaining it, and outlines priority actions to permanently strengthen SNAP’s ability to fight hunger and support a more equitable economic recovery.

Last January, to support pediatricians in addressing food insecurity, The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) teamed up with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to launch Screen & Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity.

A year later, FRAC’s Katie Jacobs and Geri Henchy joined Vice Chair of the AAP Council on Community Pediatrics, Dr. Kimberly Montez, and AAP’s Senior Policy Associate, Madeline Curtis in a training on implementing the Screen and Intervene framework in healthcare clinics with a focus on opportunities to connect children up to five years old and their families to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

This National Day of Racial Healing, we acknowledge the historic and current harms caused by racism, and the critical role conversations and relationships play in efforts to create a more fair and equitable society.