WASHINGTON, July 9, 2024 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) today announced it has named a new interim president, Crystal FitzSimons, who has led FRAC’s child nutrition work for 16 years and serves as FRAC’s director of Child Nutrition Programs and Policy.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2024 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), Center for Nutrition and Health Impact (the Center, formerly the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition), Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI), and UnidosUS, today announced a Request for Application for subgrants for the WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project (WIC CIAO).
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2024 — FRAC is deeply disappointed by the latest Farm Bill proposal released by Senate Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR), which seeks to cut nearly $30 billion from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits over the next decade while claiming that no SNAP participants will see a single benefit cut.
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2024 — FRAC is thrilled to join the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in celebrating the launch of the Summer EBT Program. By implementing this new permanent program, 37 states, the District of Columbia, all five U.S. territories, and two Tribes are helping to reduce summer hunger, so children can return to school well-nourished and ready to learn.
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2024 — The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024: Discussion Draft (House Farm Bill) text released today by House Agriculture Committee Chair G.T. Thompson (R-PA) poses a serious threat to the health and wellbeing of the more than 41.4 million people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to put food on the table.
