Today, FRAC recognizes National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, a day that brings attention to the importance of mental health in child development. FRAC is highlighting the strong influence food security has on positive mental health outcomes in children and teens.
In mid-May, the House is expected to vote on a Farm Bill that will take food off the tables of very large numbers of families across the country.The House Farm Bill would slash SNAP benefits for more than 1 million low-income, struggling households, increase hunger and poverty, and reduce economic growth and productivity in communities across the country.
FRAC has joined with a diverse group of national organizations to launch the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign to expand affordable housing options for America’s most vulnerable communities.
Over the past several years, more health care systems and individual providers have recognized their role in identifying and addressing the food security needs of their patients.
Once school lets out for the day, many children from struggling households face the possibility of going hungry until they are back at school for breakfast. Tight family budgets and parents’ work schedules can mean students will leave school without knowing supper is guaranteed at home.
