The Afterschool Nutrition Programs offered an important opportunity to combat hunger during the 2020–2021 school year as communities and families continued to feel the educational, health, and economic impacts of COVID-19. With the pandemic disrupting afterschool programming for millions of students, schools and sponsors had to pivot and adjust their meal service operations to provide […]
October 14, 2021 National School Lunch Week — October 11–15 — celebrates the importance of school meals for children’s health, growth, and learning. School meals are a critical support to children and families, offering a wide range of benefits. Research has shown that participation in school meals is linked to improved academic achievement, health, and […]
October 12, 2021 This week is National School Lunch Week, a time to recognize the important role that School Nutrition Programs play in reducing food insecurity, supporting academic achievement, and, as a recent study found, providing children throughout the U.S. with healthy meals. During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have been able to offer free school meals to […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, October 6, 2021 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) today launched a Social Impact and Equity Fund to identify, recognize, and financially support innovative strategies among organizations working to leverage federal nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for […]
Media Contact: Jordan Baker jbaker@frac.org 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Luis Guardia, President, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, September 8, 2021 — A report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) underscores the unacceptably high levels of food insecurity driven by COVID-19 during 2020, especially among Black and Latinx households and households […]