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WASHINGTON, January 16, 2020 — Today, a group of 15 attorneys general and New York City filed multi-state litigation to prevent the Trump administration from implementing a SNAP rule change that would take food off the tables of nearly 700,000 people. The rule is scheduled to be implemented on April 1, 2020. The litigation asks the court to find the rule unlawful and to issue an injunction to prevent it from taking effect.

WASHINGTON, January 16, 2020 — FRAC’s Board of Directors has selected Luis Guardia to serve as it’s new president, effective March 1, 2020. Guardia, who most recently served as the Chief Business and Financial Services Officer at Global Impact and Chief Operating Officer at the ONE Campaign, will bring 30 years of experience in nonprofit management and a wealth of expertise in advocacy, health care, international development, philanthropy, and public media to FRAC.

WASHINGTON, December 4, 2019 — The Trump administration issued a final rule that would weaken SNAP — the nation’s first defense against hunger — and take food off the tables of nearly 700,000 people, many of whom struggle to find sufficient hours of work to support themselves in areas with few jobs.

WASHINGTON, November 6, 2019 — FRAC supports the Caregivers Access and Responsible Expansion for Kids Act of 2019, or the CARE for Kids Act, introduced by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA). The bill would help support children being raised by grandparents or extended family members by ensuring automatic access to free school breakfast and lunch.

WASHINGTON, October 23, 2019 — More than 1.3 million children benefited from afterschool suppers at school- and community-based programs on an average weekday in October 2018. This was a 10.4 percent increase from the previous year, according to the annual Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation report, released today by FRAC.