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Research on the diets of SNAP recipients is complex and prone to numerous methodological challenges that can result in misleading interpretations. Learn more in FRAC’s research brief. 

Explore FRAC’s social media toolkit to find social media graphics and messages to raise awareness and protect SNAP and school meals from any cuts. Download the social media graphics here.

Discover state-level impacts of SNAP in FRAC’s Protect SNAP to Reduce Hunger and Strengthen Local Economies fact sheets.

SNAP matters. Learn why in FRAC’s new SNAP Matters two-pager, which features quotes from SNAP recipients on the federal nutrition program’s value and importance. Learn why proposed cuts to SNAP would be disastrous for people with low incomes by exploring the testimonials of SNAP participants. 

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s first line of defense against hunger, providing households with low incomes much-needed, targeted assistance to purchase food. Without SNAP, hunger in this country would be far worse. Find nine key reasons why SNAP must be protected in FRAC’s updated SNAP Strengths fact sheet. 

Could you get the nutrition you need
on just $6 a day? That is the daily
reality for more than 40 million people
across the country who rely on the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP). Take FRAC’s SNAP Challenge, set for March 18–20, to get a glimpse of what life is like for tens of millions of people who struggle to put food on the table.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid are two of the most effective entitlement programs for fighting poverty in the U.S. There are significant opportunities for the programs to work together to meet the nutritional and health needs of people in America struggling with poverty. Learn more in FRAC’s research brief. 

Health care providers have a unique opportunity to play a significant role in addressing food insecurity. This research brief explores the benefits that are available to eligible patients through SNAP, the proven health outcomes that SNAP recipients experience compared to eligible nonparticipants, and the benefits that health systems at large experience when food insecurity is addressed.

While the role of artificial intelligence (AI) for social service providers has not been studied yet, some states have already begun to weave automation into certain administrative processes. What impact could AI have on expanding access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and other critical nutrition supports? Learn more in FRAC’s fact sheet, What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean for SNAP?

Criminals are attacking the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by stealing benefits from participants through “skimming” crimes. Learn more about this rising form of Electronic Benefit Transfer fraud in FRAC’s fact sheet. 

Too many children are missing out on afterschool snacks and suppers offered by the Afterschool Nutrition Programs. Learn more in FRAC’s report, Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation – October 2023.

Under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, roles involving eligibility determination and certification must be performed by merit-based employees – nonpartisan public service employees who receive extensive training and develop the deep knowledge necessary to guide SNAP applicants, conduct SNAP certification interviews, and make final decisions on SNAP eligibility and benefits. Learn why Congress should continue to uphold the merit system in FRAC’s fact sheet, SNAP Merit Staff Preserve Program Integrity. 

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is a critical program that provides people with low incomes, including women, LGBTQIA+ people, and their families with essential food assistance. SNAP helps ensure that women and LGBTQIA+ people can meet their basic needs and supports their well-being. But while SNAP plays a crucial role in alleviating food insufficiency for women and families, currently, there are barriers that prevent food-insecure women, especially those facing multiple forms of discrimination, from fully accessing and benefiting from SNAP. Learn more in FRAC’s updated 2024 research brief with the National Women’s Law Center, Gender and Racial Justice in SNAP.

Efforts by health care providers to address food insecurity continue to grow. FRAC’s new research brief underscores the importance of connecting patients to SNAP, WIC, and other federal nutrition programs as the foundational intervention to address food insecurity in health care settings;
provides key steps that health care providers can take to connect patients to federal nutrition programs; and synthesizes research on food insecurity interventions in health care settings that featured connecting patients to SNAP and WIC. Learn more in Connecting Patients to SNAP and WIC in Health Care Settings.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the cornerstone of the nation’s nutrition and food security safety net, helping to put food on the table for over 41 million participants each month. Congress must protect the Thrifty Food Plan and other SNAP provisions from any cuts. Use this 2024 Leave Behind in your advocacy.