September 21, 2016

School Breakfast Program

The School Breakfast Program provides millions of children a nutritious morning meal each school day. School breakfast is a critical support for struggling families trying to stretch limited resources and provides children a significant portion of the nutrition they need to learn and be healthy. Quick Facts Just over 14.3 million children participated in the [...]
August 23, 2016

Latest Research Shows School Meals Improve Food Security, Dietary Intake, and Weight Outcomes, says Food Research & Action Center

Media Contact: Emily Pickren epickren@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, August 23, 2016 — Mounting evidence shows that healthy school meals play a key role in supporting the well-being of children, including alleviating food insecurity; improving dietary intake; and mitigating obesity, says the nation’s leading anti-hunger group, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC). “Research clearly shows that […]

March 10, 2016

Making Some Noise for School Breakfast

Twitter users in Baltimore may have noticed a new top trending topic today, #HearTheCrunch.  Throughout Maryland and D.C. this morning, students, teachers, advocates, elected officials and many others joined Maryland Hunger Solutions and D.C. Hungers Solutions to crunch an apple in support of healthy school breakfast for students. Ensuring that kids have access to a […]

February 2, 2022

FRAC in the News

A Small Step Towards Ending HungerListen to the InterviewMore Children Faced Food Insecurity Last Year During PandemicRead the StoryThe number of food-insecure households remained steady from 2019 to 2020Read the StoryWhy Are Food Prices Rising in the United StatesRead the StoryNews HighlightsJune 2022 Keep Kids Fed Act Congress passes bill to help feed kids days [...]
August 16, 2017

Can You Write a Story on an Empty Stomach?

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2017 — If you find it difficult to concentrate when you’re hungry, imagine how children without enough food to eat feel as they return to school. We know there are so many great stories waiting to be written on the importance of school breakfast and afterschool meals, the need to end lunch […]