January 17, 2022 On January 17, we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader, father, husband, advocate, reverend, and activist. We reflect on his philosophical motives, role in the Civil Rights Movement, and ambitions to create a republic of liberated people. When we consider the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968, we […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, January 7, 2022 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is pleased the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the 2022 Summer Food Service Program reimbursement rates, which will provide schools an additional 25 cents […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, December 14, 2021 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is proud to announce Andrew Cheyne has been named Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Deputy Director at the leading national nonprofit organization working to eradicate poverty-related hunger and undernutrition in the United States. “We warmly welcome Andrew to the team and look forward to working closely […]
December 10, 2021 The responses of Propel SNAP customers surveyed in November 2021 and recent data analyses reported by The New York Times underscore the precarious financial situation many low-income households face. This is even as temporary SNAP benefit boosts, monthly advance Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments, and other federal initiatives have helped mitigate household […]
December 3, 2021 Households with low incomes face hard choices between paying for food and paying for other basics such as shelter and medicine. Those choices will get even harder for participants when the COVID-19 health emergency ends and, with it, the SNAP Emergency Allotments that have boosted benefits temporarily. Most SNAP participants will lose […]