This brief investigates what the research says about food insecurity and obesity and explores why food insecurity and obesity can exist.
Read the reportThis brief investigates what the research says about food insecurity and obesity and explores why food insecurity and obesity can exist.
Read the reportThis report examines trends in school breakfast participation over the past decade, and finds rapid growth in this program both before and after the new, improved nutrition standards for breakfast were introduced. It also notes that free and reduced-price student breakfast participation increased as the new nutrition standards were implemented. Participation among students who pay most of the cost of their own meals (“paid” students) remained stable.
Read the reportIn this report, FRAC examines SNAP’s role among programs to assist people with disabilities as well as rules and policies that make SNAP accessible and responsive. It also looks at current law to provide recommendations on how to strengthen SNAP’s support for people with disabilities through state policy options, agency practices, and outreach.
Read the reportFRAC analysis of CACFP participation data for child care centers and family child care homes 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.
Read the reportThis report measures the reach of the Summer Nutrition Programs in July 2015, nationally and in each state.
Read the reportNew standards first took effect in the 2012–2013 school year for lunch, 2013–2014 school year for breakfast, and 2014–2015 school year for competitive foods. This brief highlights the evidence that the new standards for school meals are working.
Read the reportThe Community Eligibility Provision, which became an option for high-poverty schools nationwide for the first time in the 2014-2015 school year, allows eligible schools to offer nutritious meals to all students at no charge. In the first two years of nationwide availability, schools across the country have been quick to adopt it due to its many benefits, according to this report by FRAC and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Read the reportThis issue brief describes steps that school districts can take to communicate effectively with all families, and was co-authored by FRAC, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Migrant Legal Action Program.
Read the reportThis annual FRAC analysis looks at school breakfast participation rates and policies to evaluate successful practices in selected school districts across the country. (Previously, this report was known as School Breakfast in America’s Big Cities.)
Read the reportIn this annual report tracking participation in the School Breakfast Program, FRAC compares the number of schools and the number of low-income children that participate in breakfast to those that participate in the National School Lunch Program to measure growth in the program.
Read the reportThis guide offers concrete examples of state budget investments that have proven to connect more food insecure people to federal nutrition programs and address some of the gaps in the reach of these programs.
Read the reportThis bipartisan survey was conducted by Hart Research Associates, a Democratic firm, and Chesapeake Beach Consulting, a Republican firm, to gauge Americans’ attitudes and perceptions of hunger.
Read the reportFRAC outlines eight essentials strategies for ending hunger in America.
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