Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center WASHINGTON, February 27, 2021 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) commends the House for passing President Biden’s COVID-19 relief package. The bill will provide desperately needed relief to help the millions of families experiencing economic hardship as […]
February 26, 2021 If you’ve ever watched “I’m Just a Bill” from Schoolhouse Rock, you’re familiar with the process of how a bill becomes a law. But one thing the animated bill from the video may not have explained is how budget reconciliation works. Congress is currently pursuing budget reconciliation to pass the $1.9 trillion […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 – Scorecard Ranks West Virginia at Top, Utah at Bottom – WASHINGTON, February 9, 2021 — As school doors re-open, school breakfast will be critical in helping combat childhood hunger and learning loss prompted by COVID-19, says the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), the nation’s leading anti-hunger advocacy […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center WASHINGTON, January 28, 2021 – Hunger in this country has spiked dramatically as a result of the public health and economic fallout of COVID-19 but data released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) show that things […]
Media Contacts: Food Research & Action Center Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 American Academy of Pediatrics Lisa Black lblack@aap.org WASHINGTON, January 28, 2021 — The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) today released an updated toolkit, Screen & Intervene: A Toolkit for Pediatricians to Address Food Insecurity, designed to help […]