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Browse experts on:

    • Fighting Harmful Cuts to SNAP and Food Assistance Programs

    • The Impact of Budget Reconciliation on Hunger

    • Protecting Access to School Meals

    • Challenging SNAP Restrictions and Waivers

    • Bridging the Summer Hunger Gap with Summer EBT
    • Momentum Building for Healthy School Meals for All

SNAP Deputy Director: Gina Plata-Nino | Bio

Topics: SNAP, College Hunger

Story Ideas

    • Millions of college students nationwide rely on SNAP  as a critical resource for accessing food to fuel their health and learning.
    • Research consistently demonstrates that SNAP improves the health, nutrition, and well-being of millions of households.
    • Too many college students struggling against food insecurity face obstacles in accessing SNAP.
    • The Enhanced Access to SNAP Act, or the EATS Act, would put college students with lower incomes on an equal footing with other people in qualifying for SNAP.

Child Nutrition Programs & Policy Director: Alexis Bylander | Bio

Topics: School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, Afterschool Nutrition Programs, Summer Nutrition Programs, Community Eligibility Provision

Story Ideas

    • Healthy School Meals for All — offering school breakfast and lunch to all students at no charge to families —helps ensure that all children have the nutrition they need to grow and thrive. 
    • Community eligibility allows high-need schools to continue to offer free meals to all students, but many high-need schools are not participating and too many schools are not eligible. 

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Deputy Director of Child Nutrition Programs & Policy:Clarissa Hayes | Bio

Topics: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Story Ideas

    • Leveraging CACFP for Farm to Early Care and Education.

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WIC Deputy Director: Kate Scully | Bio

Topics: Special Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

Story Ideas

    • WIC is a lifeline for nearly 6.5 million pregnant and postpartum women and young children, including roughly half of all infants born in the U.S.
    • WIC’s enhanced Food Package to strengthen program participation and improve health outcomes.
    • How FRAC and partner organizations secured$7 billion in critical funding for WIC.
    • Ensuring WIC remains fully funded to protect access to essential nutrition resources and support, including healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and healthcare referrals.

Senior Child Nutrition Policy Analyst: Kelsey Boone | Bio

Topics: Summer EBT, Pandemic EBT

Story Ideas

    • Summer EBT offers an exciting opportunity to reduce summer hunger by providing additional resources to purchase food during the summer months.
    • Tennessee’s new food assistance program leaves 96 percent of eligible children without summer nutrition support.
    • Iowa’s summer meals plan puts 175,000 children at risk of hunger by replacing a proven program with unnecessary barriers.
    • Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid could block children from accessing Summer EBT, weakening a key tool to fight summer hunger. 

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Director of D.C. Hunger Solutions: LaMonika Jones | Bio

Media Contact: Brittani Riddle, briddle@frac.org

Topics: Grocery Store Access, D.C. Hunger (School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program, Afterschool Nutrition Programs, Summer Nutrition Programs)

Story Ideas

    • Closing the grocery store gap in the nation’s capital. 
    • Scorecard report reveals too many district students are missing out on the benefits of school meals.
    • The No Senior Hungry Omnibus Amendment Act will go a long way to address the alarming rates of food insecurity among seniors in the District.
    • The Give SNAP A Raise Amendment Act will be a significant step forward in ensuring thousands of D.C. residents have access to healthy food.

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