August 4, 2020 FRAC’s Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report released this week finds that 2.8 million children received a lunch through the Summer Nutrition Programs in July 2019, a decrease of 77,000 children from July 2018. The Summer Nutrition Programs provided lunch to only one child for every seven children who […]
According to FRAC’s Summer Nutrition Reports, participation in Summer Nutrition Programs is declining. FRAC has developed a communications toolkit to help you spread the word about the benefits of summer nutrition programs, effective strategies for increasing participation, and program recommendations for COVID-19. The toolkit includes the report, as well as the national news release, a model […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributed to Luis Guardia, president, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, July 27, 2020 — Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s proposed COVID-19 response omits Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit boosts and falls woefully short of the investments needed to address food and economic hardship and jump-start economic […]
July 17, 2020 Even as we struggle with the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, our nation could face additional challenges from hurricanes that typically arise in the Atlantic Ocean during late summer and early fall. Federal action now to boost SNAP benefits and to allow for administrative flexibilities can address hardships due to potential […]
According to FRAC’s Southern Poverty Report, federal nutrition programs are underutilized in the Southern Region for a variety of reasons. FRAC has developed a communications toolkit to help you spread the word about the benefits of federal nutrition programs in the Regional South, effective strategies for increasing participation, and program recommendations for COVID-19. The toolkit includes […]