WASHINGTON, April 14, 2022 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) commends Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra for extending the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration into July 2022.
The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) commends Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) for introducing a bill, the Support Kids Not Red Tape Act, that will enable children to maintain continued access to child nutrition programs as families, schools, afterschool and summer programs, and child care providers recover from and respond to the economic, health, and educational fallout from the pandemic.
The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of U.S. Congressman Don Young (R-AK). For decades, Rep. Young was a champion of federal nutrition programs. As a former teacher, he understood the struggles that some families face in keeping food on the table.
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2022 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) announced today that Amazon’s Nancy Dalton and The Opportunity Agenda’s (TOA) Ellen Buchman will join its board of directors.
WASHINGTON, March 9, 2022 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is deeply disappointed that the extension of the child nutrition waivers was not included in the Omnibus spending bill posted today by the Senate Appropriations Committee. If the waiver extension is not included in the final bill, the waivers will end on June 30, 2022, causing millions of children to face a hunger cliff when they lose access to summer and school meals.
