Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill Would Worsen Poverty and Hunger in America

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2023  — The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which cleared the House Appropriations Committee, would slash critical federal nutrition programs that help keep hunger at bay for people across the country, resulting in the lowest funding allocation since 2006. FRAC strongly opposes this cruel and punitive legislation that would only deepen America’s hunger crisis.  

Pandemic EBT Critical to Reducing Summer Hunger, Yet Millions of Families May Be Left Behind if 9 States Don’t Act Quickly

WASHINGTON, June 9, 2023 — Nine states have not yet submitted plans to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide summer benefits through the Pandemic EBT Program. If they do not do so by July 14, millions of families will be left struggling to make ends meet this summer when they lose access to school meals, says the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC).