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Healthy School Meals for All

Investments in nutrition programs have provided much-needed nutrition assistance, but the response remains inadequate. FRAC is calling for healthy school meals for all now in order to properly address our nation’s childhood hunger crisis.

Healthy school meals for all will support greater academic achievement, attendance, and health as children return to the classroom.

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New bill could eliminate childhood hunger across the country
FRAC supports bill that would provide healthy school meals for all
American Families Plan Goes A Long Way to Support Struggling Families
New provisions will ensure children have access to the nutrition they need year-round.
Helping Pediatricians Identify and Address Childhood Food Insecurity
Toolkit Helps Pediatricians Identify and Address Spike in Childhood Hunger Caused by COVID-19.
SNAP Critical to Mitigating Spikes in Hunger
USDA reveals federal nutrition programs ensure millions of struggling households get the nutrition during an economic downturn.
COVID-19 Dramatically Deepening America’s Hunger Crisis
Between 26–29 million adults living in the U.S. reported that members of their households sometimes or often did not have enough to eat during the first few months of the pandemic.
P-EBT Provides Nutritional Resources to Families
P-EBT is a vital program that has met the needs of many children who rely on school meals during the school year, but because the pandemic is not yet over, the need for P-EBT is still real and critical.
Hurricane Season Is One More Reason to Strengthen SNAP Now
Boosts to SNAP benefits can address hardships due to potential hurricanes as well as those hardships caused by COVID-19.
Expanding Access to Summer Meals: A Look at FRAC’s Annual Summer Nutrition Report
Dig into the research and see how your state is doing by reading the full summer nutrition and summer breakfast reports.
Fighting Food Insecurity Amid COVID-19, Groups Advocate For 15% SNAP Boost
Nearly 2,500 organizations are calling for a boost of 15 percent to the benefit levels provided by SNAP.
Stark racial disparities emerge as families struggle to get enough food
Wide racial gaps have persisted week to week throughout the pandemic and the gap continues to worsen
Kids could go hungry this summer with school lunch programs in peril
“If families are in need, we think they should be able to come to a site and get food.”
Coronavirus is exacerbating America’s hunger crisis
“The biggest weakness in SNAP is the amount of benefits — the degree to which they are inadequate``
COVID-19 Has Heightened the Threat of Child Hunger, While Efforts to Prevent It Have Fallen Short
As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, millions of U.S. children are facing a summer marked by the threat of chronic hunger.
COVID-19 Updates
FRAC posts all the latest updates on our new page
SNAP Maps
Interactive SNAP Maps show SNAP household participation by county and state.
Want to talk to a local expert?
Contact an anti-hunger organization in your state

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