Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, October 6, 2021 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) today launched a Social Impact and Equity Fund to identify, recognize, and financially support innovative strategies among organizations working to leverage federal nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, September 8, 2021 — A report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) underscores the unacceptably high levels of food insecurity driven by COVID-19 during 2020, especially among Black and Latinx households and households […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, August 16, 2021 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) commends the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its reevaluation and cost adjustment of the Thrifty Food Plan, a measure used to calculate the monthly Supplemental […]
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been crucial in mitigating food hardship and stimulating economic activity during the COVID-19 crisis. A new report from the Urban Institute, however, documents that maximum SNAP benefit levels still fall short of the cost of low-income meals in 96 percent of all U.S. counties. Moreover, even with the […]
This month marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990. This was a landmark event for the disability rights movement, as it was the first federal legislation designed to prevent discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life. […]