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This fact sheet features graphics and information on “SNAP Action Needed:”

1. Congress should protect and strengthen SNAP — no cuts, block grants, or structural changes.
2. Congress should strengthen SNAP by passing H.R. 1276 — the “Closing the Meal Gap Act” of 2017 to: Base SNAP benefit allotments on the more adequate Low-Cost Food Plan; Boost SNAP benefits for families with children forced to choose between food and shelter; Boost SNAP benefits for older Americans forced to choose between food and medicine; Boost the SNAP minimum monthly benefit to $25 per month; and Ensure that jobless adults are offered employment and training opportunities before time limiting their SNAP benefits.

This poster can be used in health care settings to help connect at-risk patients to SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.

Primarily for use in health care settings, this chart includes key information on nutrition programs available to older adults and can be tailored to include local resources.

This poster can be used in health care settings to help connect at-risk patients to SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.

This graphic includes information on food insecurity rates, risk factors, and consequences, and outlines key nutrition programs and essential steps for addressing food insecurity in health care settings.

Each year, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) analyzes participation data in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). FRAC uses U.S. Department of Agriculture data to develop a picture of participation trends in the U.S as a whole, each of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. This report discusses changes in the number of CACFP child care centers and family child care homes over the past 20 years from fiscal year (FY) 1996 to 2016, the more recent changes from FY 2015 to FY 2016, and the overall increase in average daily attendance.

This is FRAC’s analysis of CACFP participation data for child care centers and family child care homes that were provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the nation as a whole and for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

This brief first provides background information on the four USDA Food Plans, including the Thrifty Food Plan and the Low-Cost Food Plan. The second section details the weaknesses and limitations of the Thrifty Food Plan. The final section discusses why a more adequate food plan should be the basis for SNAP benefit allotments rather than the current Thrifty Food Plan, and concludes with a brief overview of the favorable impact of more adequate benefit levels on food spending and health.

The Cities Combating Hunger through Afterschool and Summer Meal Programs (CHAMPS) initiative provides grants to create or expand programs providing children with afterschool and summer meals across 71 U.S. cities.

This interactive map provides data for every congressional district on the percent of all people living in poverty, based on the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS).

This interactive map provides data for every congressional district on the share of all households that were participating in SNAP, based on data from the 2016 American Community Survey.

This interactive map provides data for every state on the percent of all people living in poverty, based on the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS).

This interactive map shows household food insecurity rates, by state, from 2015-2017. Scrolling over each state to reveals the percent of households struggling with food insecurity or very low food security.

This is an infographic showing that more than 41 million Americans lived in households struggling with food insecurity in 2016.

FRAC President Jim Weill weighs in on 2014-2016 food insecurity data from USDA.