Working to End Hunger in America
FRAC improves the nutrition, health, and well-being of people struggling against poverty-related hunger in the United States through advocacy, partnerships, and by advancing bold and equitable policy solutions.
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Tell Your Senators: Support Families and Farmers, Restore Critical SNAP Funding
Urge Senate leadership to proceed with legislation that provides much-needed family and farm relief by passing a Farm Bill or farm relief package that reverses the devastating cuts and other harmful changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that were included in the budget reconciliation law, H.R. 1. Reject the approach taken by the House, which recently passed a Farm Bill that failed to provide any reversal of the devastating SNAP cuts.
Urge Your Members of Congress to Cosponsor the Universal School Meals Program Act
Urge your Members to join the growing number of cosponsors on the Universal School Meals Program Act (S. 4518/H.R. 8798). This bill would create permanent nationwide Healthy School Meals for All, increase reimbursement rates for school meals, end lunch shaming, reimburse schools for meal debt, provide incentives for local food procurement, expand summer meal access, and expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
SNAP Cuts Mitigation Hub: Responding to H.R. 1
The harmful Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provisions in the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) passed in July threaten to undermine decades of progress in reducing hunger in America, disrupt the food system, strip food away from millions of people, burden already strained state budgets, and threaten the economy.
Urge Your Members of Congress to Cosponsor the Stop Child Hunger Act
Ask your Members of Congress to support legislation that improves and increases access to the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program (Summer EBT).
Advocacy Needed to Reinstate USDA’s Food Security Report
Use the FRAC Action Network to urge your Members of Congress to reach out to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and demand it reinstate the Economic Research Service Household Food Security report, the gold standard for measuring hunger in America. Your message matters. Hunger will not end by ignoring it. Congress needs to act now.
Urge Your House Representative to Cosponsor the MODERN WIC Act
Ask your Representative to join the growing list of cosponsors for the More Options to Develop and Enhance Remote Nutrition (MODERN) WIC Act (H.R. 1464).
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The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (Summer EBT) Program has been a permanent program since 2024 and has found enormous success. In its second year of implementation, five Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) were joined by 37 states, the District of Columbia, and all five U.S. territories to serve millions of children. Still, many ITOs and states are missing out on the opportunity to leverage federal dollars to address childhood summertime food insecurity.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payment error rates (PER) are in the spotlight. The H.R. 1 megabill changed the way that SNAP benefits will be paid for: Starting in 2027, states will be responsible for a portion of SNAP benefit costs (5 percent to 15 percent) depending on their error rates. This is a totally new approach — while states have always been responsible for a portion of administrative costs, the actual SNAP benefits delivered to people to buy food have always come from the federal government.
June marks the return of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) time limits (i.e. work requirements). For the first time in close to three decades, SNAP participants in the District of Columbia will be required to prove they are working or volunteering at least 80 hours per month to maintain their SNAP benefits. These changes threaten to deepen hunger and economic hardship for thousands of District residents, including working families, children, older adults, and people with disabilities at a time when many households are already struggling to afford basic needs amid rising prices and economic uncertainty.
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In Oklahoma, where the state has opted out of Summer EBT, Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) are stepping up—delivering benefits not only to their own citizens, but to entire communities. This FRAC and Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative brief explores what’s standing in the way of broader Tribal participation, the unique advantages of Tribal administration, and the support ITOs need to expand access.
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Read the brief to see how Tribal leadership can strengthen Summer EBT. - Report
State efforts to restrict what people can buy using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are spreading across the country. FRAC’s new comprehensive analysis of SNAP food restriction waivers helps advocates and policymakers understand how we got here, what’s happening on the ground, and the implications for families, retailers, and communities.
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Since the first summer of Summer EBT’s nationwide launch, Hunger Free Oklahoma, an anti-hunger nonprofit, has been working alongside Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) administering the program to help support implementation. FRAC’s new resource highlights this unique collaborative work, including practical insights into how these partnerships can support successful program administration and expand access to summer nutrition for children.
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Many large school districts across the country report significant challenges keeping children fed and school nutrition operations running effectively due to rising food and labor costs, inadequate federal reimbursement, and new federal policies, according to FRAC’s latest report, Large School District Report: A Snapshot of Participation and Operations in October 2025.
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