The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows more than 33,000 high-poverty schools across the country to offer breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students while eliminating the traditional school meal application process. The child nutrition waivers available during the pandemic have further highlighted the value of offering meals at no charge to all students […]
Community eligibility allows high-needs schools and districts to meet the nutritional needs of the many low-income families they serve. The option creates hunger-free schools by ensuring that students are well-nourished and ready to learn, and it allows school nutrition departments to use their resources to provide nutritious meals by streamlining administrative requirements. As the nation […]
May 26, 2020 A recent report released by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, an action research center focused on advancing changes to meet real college students’ needs, focuses on the experiences and basic needs of students parenting while in college. The purpose of this report is to draw attention to the reality […]
Did You Know? Stereotypes that all Asian Pacific American (APA) people are well-off, highly educated, gainfully employed, or are otherwise deemed as being “model minorities,”[1] obscure the reality that an untold number of APA people struggle with food insecurity and poverty. Poverty rates, according to Urban Institute, are quite high among several APA ethnic subgroups, […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker JBaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributed to Luis Guardia, president, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, May 13, 2020 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) applauds the introduction of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, also known as the HEROES Act, H.R. 6800 (116). FRAC commends Speaker Nancy […]