Many schools have found it more difficult to collect school meals applications during COVID-19, and this may be exacerbated as schools return to pre-pandemic operations. This toolkit shares outreach strategies and communication resources to help school districts and community partners ensure families return school meals applications.
August 4, 2022 New Urban Institute research shows that, compared to not having the benefit expansions, the combination of the fall 2021 Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) update and the provision of temporary Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Emergency Allotments (EAs) reduced poverty in quarter four of 2021 by 14.1 percent and child poverty by 21.8 […]
July 28, 2022 Since the onset of COVID-19, several temporary Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) changes have allowed enrolled households to receive more robust benefits and eased access for unemployed and underemployed adults and college students. The changes are tied to the duration of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration (PHE). Recent research has […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, July 20, 2022 – Today, House Education and Labor Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) unveiled the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act, the Committee’s much-anticipated Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill. It is a comprehensive plan that will increase […]
July 19, 2022 As soon as this fall, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration (PHE) could end, and with it, boosts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. That looming “hunger cliff” threatens greater hardship for many in Maryland and across the country. Despite being one of […]