WASHINGTON, February 26, 2019 — FRAC awarded the Dr. Raymond Wheeler/Senator Paul Wellstone Anti-Hunger Advocacy Leadership Award to the Illinois Hunger Coalition and its executive director, Diane Doherty.
WASHINGTON, February 13, 2019 — On an average school day during the 2017–2018 school year, nearly 12.5 million low-income students participated in the national School Breakfast Program, an increase of 1.2 percent over the prior school year. In the 2017–2018 school year, 4 million more low-income children received school breakfast on an average day than a decade ago in the 2007–2008 school year.
WASHINGTON, February 6, 2019 — In his State of the Union address, the president failed to offer any recommendations to help people in all corners of the country who live paycheck to paycheck and struggle to make ends meet. The Administration must stop its attacks on SNAP, Medicaid, housing assistance, and other programs and improve their responsiveness to the ongoing struggles of the millions left unmentioned by the president.
WASHINGTON, February 6, 2019 — The Trump Administration has proposed a SNAP rule that would diminish food access for unemployed and underemployed people in areas with few jobs.
WASHINGTON, January 7, 2019 — FRAC calls on the President and Congress to open the government and stop the threat to the federal programs that meet the most basic needs of struggling Americans.