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Media Contact: Colleen Barton Sutton                                                                      cbsutton@frac.org 703-203-7843 WASHINGTON, April 11, 2024 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) today announced that […]

Media Contact: Jordan Baker                                                                       jbaker@frac.org202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Kelly Horton, Chief Program Officer, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, April 9, 2024 — FRAC applauds the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its final rule revising the food package for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The updated food package will have a longstanding […]

March 21, 2024 The Food Research & Action Center’s (FRAC) recently released report, The Reach of School Breakfast and Lunch During the 2022–2023 School Year, reveals that just over 14.3 million children received a school breakfast, and 28.1 million children received a school lunch on an average day during the 2022–2023 school year — a […]

School meals are an important tool for combatting childhood food insecurity, yet far too many children missed out on the nutrition they need for their health and learning with the expiration of the pandemic-era nationwide waivers that allowed schools to offer school meals to all students at no charge, according to FRAC's latest report, The [...]

February 15, 2024 Five states had Healthy School Meals for All policies in place during the 2022-2023 school year and the Food Research & Action Center’s (FRAC) new report, The State of Healthy School Meals for All: California, Massachusetts, Maine, Nevada and Vermont Lead the Way, highlights the positive impact they had on students and […]