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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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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding individuals, infants, and children up to 5 years of age from households with low incomes with nutritious foods, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals to health care and social services. Learn more about WIC’s impact in FRAC’s fact sheet.
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