The problem of food insecurity among households with people with disabilities would be far worse if not for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). In an average month in 2015 (pdf), SNAP served an estimated 4.5 million households that included a person with a disability — 1 in 5 of all SNAP households.
FRAC’s Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation report finds that 3 million children participated in the Summer Nutrition Programs on an average weekday in July 2016.
I joined FRAC’s communications team with the hope of learning more about public health policy and advocacy and the nonprofit sector more generally. My internship has been deeply rewarding.
Clarissa Hayes, child nutrition policy analyst at the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), recently led a conversation on summer meals with the American Dairy Association North East at the Big 30 Forum in New Jersey.
Now is the time for schools to get on board and adopt community eligibility — school districts must apply to their state agency by June 30 for the 2017–2018 school year.
