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2005
FRAC works to stop deep budget cuts in food stamps and other crucial programs supporting low-income people. FRAC focuses on implementing our child nutrition and 2002 food stamp reauthorization gains, and new school wellness provisions of the 2004 law.

2003-2004
FRAC, the Child Nutrition Forum, and allies obtain a child nutrition reauthorization law that strengthens school breakfast and lunch, summer food, child care food and WIC programs.

2002-2003
FRAC, the Child Nutrition Forum, and allies work for child nutrition programs reauthorization that will strengthen school breakfast and lunch, summer food, child care food and WIC programs. FRAC works with dozens of national and state groups to implement the improvements in the food stamp reauthorization of 2002. FRAC launches DC Hunger Solutions, a District of Columbia anti-hunger advocacy and outreach project.

2001-2002
FRAC and anti-hunger and immigrant groups from around the nation obtain restoration of benefits for hundreds of thousannds of legal immigrants, significantly improved access to benefits for working families, and other important improvements in the Food Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2002.

2001
FRAC and allied anti-poverty and anti-hunger groups obtain tens of billions of dollars in refundable tax credits for low-income working families with children in final tax legislation.

2000
FRAC spearheads efforts at the National Nutrition Summit to address persistent hunger in the United States. FRAC also leads campaign seeking passage of the Hunger Relief Act and the Food Stamp Outreach and Research for Kids (FORK) Act to make the Food Stamp Program more responsive to hungry families and secures legislation strengthening and reforming the Child and Adult Care Food Program for children in family child care and afterschool programs.

1999
FRAC leads efforts to implement 1998 child nutrition improvements and food stamp restorations, and works to improve food stamp program's responsiveness to low-income working families.

1998
FRAC joins in leading the successful effort to restore food stamp benefits to one-quarter of a million immigrant children, seniors, and refugees. FRAC spearheads effort to improve and expand child nutrition programs in 1998 reauthorization legislation.

1997
FRAC joins other national anti-hunger organizations in the Hunger Has A Cure campaign, key pieces of which are included in the 1997 Balanced Budget Act. USDA and the Census Bureau release the first-ever government study of the number of hungry Americans, using methodology adapted from FRAC's Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project (CCHIP) studies.

"I'm very thankful for FRAC because they are in the trenches. They are doing the research ... and they are producing many people around the country, both associations and businesses, and all kinds of individuals, to fight for the many projects and work for the many things that we must work for on Capitol Hill." Representative Tony Hall June 1997 FRAC Annual Dinner

1996
FRAC provides major leadership in successfully preserving the entitlement status of federal nutrition programs. FRAC organizes a national coalition, Save Our Nation's Nutrition Programs, endorsed by 500 organizations across the country.

1995
Findings from the second round of Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project surveys are released in a major new report on childhood hunger in the United States. An estimated 4 million children age 12 and under are found hungry, based on interviews of more than 5,000 low-income families in nine states and the District of Columbia.

1994
FRAC develops the Building Blocks Project to increase access to and broaden the use of child nutrition programs in a range of developmental programs for children. FRAC works intensively with state and local anti-hunger groups to further the Building Blocks concept.

1993
FRAC plays a leadership role in rallying support for Food Stamp Program reforms and increased funding for WIC. Congress approves the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act, the most important anti-hunger legislation since 1977. Its enactment results in increased food stamp benefits to low-income families with children.

1992
Release of FRAC's School Breakfast Score Card brings nationwide attention to the fact that only one-third of the low-income children receiving school lunch also get school breakfast. The report's release contributes to passage of mandates in four states requiring schools with a high proportion of low-income students to serve breakfast.

1991
FRAC releases the most comprehensive nationwide study of childhood hunger ever conducted in the United States. The CCHIP study estimates that about one in eight children under the age of 12 in this country is hungry.

The Campaign to End Childhood Hunger is launched. Anti-hunger groups in nearly every state are actively involved and over 110 national organizations endorse the effort. Campaign goals include expanding the School Breakfast and Summer Food Programs, full funding of the WIC program and enactment of the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act

"When it comes to ensuring that the most vulnerable in our society — the elderly, the poor, and the children — have adequate food and nutrition, nobody has done more than FRAC." Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Honoree, FRAC 1993 Annual Dinner

1990
FRAC marks 20 years of fighting hunger with a dinner honoring House Speaker Thomas Foley and Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole. Both express their commitment to ending domestic hunger and their appreciation of FRAC's contributions to this cause.

1989
FRAC releases Feeding the Other Half. This report documents the serious consequences of inadequate nutrition for low-income women, infants and children eligible for but not served by WIC, due to inadequate funding. The report is instrumental in gaining a significant funding boost for WIC.

Testimony and research by FRAC are central to the enactment of the Child Nutrition Amendments of 1989, which expand the availability of meals for low-income children in the summer, authorize increased funding for nutrition and education in the schools and provide incentives for school breakfast expansion.

1987
FRAC issues Fuel for Excellence, a guide to the School Breakfast Program, and launches its National School Breakfast Expansion Campaign with the support of 70 national organizations. This multi-year project includes intensive on-site assistance to local organizations working to expand the availability of school breakfasts.

"The West Virginia Coalition on Food and Nutrition (WVCFN) and many other groups would either not be here or not be as effective without FRAC's support and national advocacy expertise. FRAC hunger leader's meetings and conferences continue to be one of the WVCFN's best investments for staff development and enhancing programming effectiveness." Margaret W. Miltenberger, Executive Director West Virginia Coalition on Food and Nutrition, 1994

1984
A report documenting the increasing disparity between black and white infant death rates in the United States is issued by FRAC. The Widening Gap focuses public attention on the nation's slowdown in progress against infant mortality and its relationship to poor nutrition among low-income mothers.

1981-82
FRAC's policy analysis, testimony and leadership of a nationwide anti-hunger network play a key role in blunting the effect of proposals for massive cutbacks in nutrition programs.

1981
In its watchdog role, FRAC publicizes a proposed USDA regulation to reduce portion sizes and allow catsup and pickle relish to be counted toward meeting vegetable requirements in the school lunch program. "Ketchup as a vegetable" becomes a national issue and FRAC coordinates a successful campaign to have the regulation withdrawn.

1978
Research and policy recommendations by FRAC play a key role in passage of the Child Nutrition Amendments of 1978, which greatly expand the WIC and School Breakfast Programs.

1977
FRAC's research and field network play a crucial role in the adoption of the landmark Food Stamp Act of 1977, which eases access to the program for millions.

1976
FRAC wins a court order to release $35 million in funds impounded from the Elderly Feeding Program. The released funds are used to increase the number of people served by the program.

1973
Litigation by FRAC leads to the release of funds that were, in effect, impounded from the WIC program. This victory launches rapid growth in the program and its eventual spread nationwide.

On the same day, FRAC wins two lawsuits in the United States Supreme Court that prevent the elimination of thousands of participants from the Food Stamp Program.

1970
FRAC is founded in New York City. FRAC pursues lawsuits in 26 states that ultimately lead to a requirement that every state must operate either a food stamp or a commodity distribution program to feed the poor in all counties.