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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. 

WASHINGTON, March 7, 2022 — Congress must provide the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the authority to continue child nutrition waivers through the 2022-2023 school year in the appropriations package currently being negotiated and expected to pass this week.

These waivers have been critical in supporting school nutrition operations so that children would have access to school and summer meals throughout the pandemic, and they are needed as schools and families recover from and respond to the economic, health, and educational fallout from the pandemic.