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WASHINGTON, May 14, 2025 — The House Agriculture Committee sent a clear message that the health, economic stability, and dignity of tens of millions of people in this country who struggle to put food on the table are last on their priority list. The committee’s budget reconciliation bill, passed tonight (29-25 along party lines), would slash over $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s most effective anti-hunger tool, and shift costs to already overburdened state and local governments. See FRAC’s analysis of the bill. Cuts to SNAP, combined with cuts to Medicaid and economic mobility programs, will lead to increased hunger and poverty.

WASHINGTON, May 14, 2025 – The Board of Directors of the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) has selected Crystal FitzSimons to serve as president of the national anti-hunger organization after a nationwide search facilitated by Boardwalk Consulting. FitzSimons has been with FRAC for 26 years, most recently serving as FRAC’s interim president since July 2024. 

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2025 — While school meals appear to be spared from the budget chopping block, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is deeply troubled that the House Education and Workforce Committee is proposing to cut more than $330 billion from federal student aid programs for college students with low incomes.

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2025 – Two new reports from the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) reveal that offering school meals to all students at no charge leads to more students participating in school breakfast and lunch.

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2025 — The leaked proposal to slash $40 billion from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget poses a devastating threat to millions of individuals and families in low-income households across the country.