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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Individuals: Urge Congress to Take First Step to Repeal Harmful SNAP Cuts in Upcoming Jan. 30 Appropriation Bill
Use the FRAC Action Network to send a pre-populated email to your Members of Congress urging them to cosponsor and support the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025.
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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In just days, Iowa is set to implement the most restrictive food purchasing rules in the country for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Effective January 1, 2026, SNAP participants will only be able to use their benefits to purchase foods and beverages that are not subject to the state sales tax.
This year, I have used the words unprecedented, harmful, chaos, and confusion too many times to count.
The nation is still emerging from the unprecedented disruption of the November government shutdown, during which the Trump administration refused to issue Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits despite having both statutory authority and sufficient contingency and reserve funds to do so. As a result, millions of Americans, including children, older adults, and people with disabilities, went weeks without the nutrition assistance they rely on to meet basic needs. Multiple courts ruled that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was required to issue these benefits, yet the administration continued litigating while families experienced hunger, financial distress, and prolonged uncertainty. Public polling found that a large percentage of Americans blame the administration for this failure.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the most effective federal programs for reducing
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hunger, stabilizing household finances, and supporting state and local economies. The budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1/OBBBA) fundamentally reshapes SNAP financing by shifting benefit costs and increasing administrative expenses to states. Learn how H.R. 1’s SNAP cost-shifts will increase hunger strain state budgets, and deepen economic risk in FRAC’s two-pager. - Report
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) relies on a nationwide network of retailers to ensure eligible households can purchase food each month. Yet, a new effort is being led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promote state-level food choice restriction waivers, which threatens to disrupt this system. Learn more in FRAC’s research brief.
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More children are getting the nutrition they need from afterschool snacks and suppers offered by the Afterschool Nutrition Programs, according to FRAC’s latest report, Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation in October 2024. Read the strategies in the report to learn how even more children can be reached with these programs.
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America’s hunger crisis is deepening. Critical federal nutrition programs that keep hunger at bay are under attack. For more than five decades, FRAC has been at the forefront of protecting, strengthening, and expanding the reach of the federal nutrition programs. Discover FRAC’s impact in 2025.
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