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Participation in the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program rebounded slightly during the 2023–2024 school year, with more students across the country accessing these meals than the previous year, according to FRAC’s Large School District Report: A Snapshot of School Meals Participation in October 2023.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal commitment to prevent hunger among Americans with low incomes, and in doing so, safeguards the nation’s health and strengthens its agricultural economy. USDA must act now to prevent hunger during the ongoing government shutdown. Learn more in FRAC’s 2025 Leave Behind. 

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps millions of families put food on the table every month. It provides women, LGBTQIA+ people, and their families with critical nutrition assistance that supports their health and well-being.

Yet the House-passed budget reconciliation bill and Senate proposal seek to make wide-reaching cuts to SNAP, including by expanding time limits. Learn how these proposals would harm women, LGBTQIA+ people, and families in a new resource from FRAC and the National Women’s Law Center. 

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s first line of defense against hunger, helping 42.6 million people in the U.S. put food on the table. As food insecurity and food prices continue increasing, protecting and strengthening SNAP is more important than ever. Discover SNAP’s impact across the U.S. in FRAC’s national SNAP fact sheet.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps over 42 million participants put food on the table each month, supporting food security, improving health outcomes, and boosting academic performance. Congress should again protect SNAP’s structure and funding. Learn about bills that would strengthen SNAP in FRAC’s 2025 SNAP leave behind for the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference. 

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.