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.
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.