February 16, 2021 COVID-19 and the unexpected switch to remote learning have negatively impacted college students’ academic performance, mental health, and food security. Even before the pandemic, food insecurity was widespread across the most well-resourced campuses. Food insecurity has historically and disproportionately affected students of color, older students, former foster youth, parenting students, students who […]
FRAC urges Congress to pass a bold reconciliation package necessary to lift the country out of the devastating economic and health crisis that has been inflicted by COVID-19. FRAC supports a $1.9 trillion package that will supply desperately needed relief that is commensurate to the harms that the entire nation is grappling with, and that […]
February 10, 2021 Before school districts across the country were forced to close their doors in the spring due to COVID-19, the School Breakfast Program was providing much-needed nutrition to just over 12.6 million low-income children on an average school day. from September through February of the 2019–2020 school year, according to FRAC’s annual School Breakfast […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center WASHINGTON, February 9, 2021 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) commends House Education and Labor Committee Chair Robert C. “Bobby” Scott for introducing a budget reconciliation bill that will significantly alleviate food hardship for children, toddlers, and […]
Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) is a new state option launched in the spring of 2020 to address the food needs of lowincome children during COVID-related school closures by providing directly to families receiving free or reduced-price meals the value of missed breakfasts and lunches via a SNAP-like benefit card. Every state, the District of Columbia, and […]