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WASHINGTON, March 3, 2020 — FRAC awarded the Dr. Raymond Wheeler/Senator Paul Wellstone Anti-Hunger Advocacy Leadership Award to Children’s HealthWatch and its founder and principal investigator, Deborah Frank, MD. The award was presented during the 2020 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference, held in Washington, D.C. from March 1–3. The Dr. Raymond Wheeler/Senator Paul Wellstone Anti-Hunger Advocacy Leadership Award is awarded each year by FRAC to an advocacy group and individual who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the fight against hunger in America. 

WASHINGTON, February 13, 2020 — The School Breakfast Program ensured 12.4 million low-income students started their day ready to learn in the 2018-2019 school year, according to the annual School Breakfast Scorecard released by FRAC.

WASHINGTON, February 10, 2020 — Once again, the president has proposed a budget that would make steep cuts to SNAP and other federal safety net programs, cuts that, if implemented, would harm the health and well-being of millions of people in our country. In the past, Congress has rejected such proposals and should do so again.

WASHINGTON, January 27, 2020 — The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily lifted nationwide court orders blocking implementation of the Trump administration’s public charge rule, forcing immigrant families — including those with U.S. citizen children — to make impossible choices between food and family.

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2020 — USDA announced a proposed that would roll back important aspects of the current school meal nutrition standards and significantly unravel the progress made under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.