This August marks the 60th anniversary of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), A lot has happened in six decades. Find six key things to celebrate about SNAP.
Millions of college students will return to campus worrying about hitting the books on an empty stomach.
A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) highlights the prevalence of food insecurity among college students and underscores the critical role that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) plays in supporting student success.
This week, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) released Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report. The report finds that just over 2.8 million children received a lunch through the Summer Nutrition Programs on an average day in July 2023, a decrease of 170,926 children from July 2022.
The summer of 2023 marked the return to normal operations for most summer meals sites, after the end of the nationwide pandemic-era waivers. These waivers allowed summer meals sites to operate in every community, and provided operational flexibilities, including a non-congregate waiver for families to pick up meals to take home instead of children eating meals at the site.