FRAC applauds Representatives Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) for launching a real effort to ending hunger in America by making sound investments in the Food Stamp Program. The Feeding America’s Families Act (H.R 2129) makes long overdue – and desperately needed – changes in the Food Stamp Program by improving benefit levels, expanding eligibility, and improving access. It addresses outdated resource tests that count modest savings against a person’s eligibility. It also provides families with greater access to an adequate diet by raising the food stamp benefit levels, which currently average a meager $1 per person per meal and only $10 a month for those at the minimum benefit level.  The McGovern/Emerson bill would make great strides for vulnerable families.

FRAC's Farm Bill Reauthorization Center | Full Text of the Feeding America's Families Act