Media Contacts:
Jennifer Adach, Communications Coordinator, (202) 986-2200 x3018
Ellen Vollinger, Legal Director, (202) 986-2200 x3016

About FRAC

FRAC is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to end hunger and undernutrition in the United States. FRAC’s staff can comment on a variety of hunger and nutrition programs, including food stamps, WIC, school lunch and breakfast, summer and afterschool meals, as well as related hunger and obesity issues.

2009 Press Releases and Analyses
	November 3, 2009 - FRAC In the News: Half of U.S. Children Will Be On SNAP/Food Stamps, According to Study USA Today Associated Press New Britain Herald
	October 23, 2009 - FRAC Statement - USDA Secretary Outlines Obama Administration’s Access and Nutrition Priorities for Child Nutrition Reauthorization
	October 20, 2009 - FRAC Statement on IOM Recommendations for Healthier School Meal Standards
	October 1, 2009 - New WIC Food Package Takes Effect Today
	October 2009 - Victory for Anti-Hunger Programs - Congress Adds More States to Afterschool Programs, More Fruits and Vegetables for WIC Participants
	September 10, 2009 - FRAC Statement on the 2008 Federal Poverty Numbers
	September 9, 2009 - FRAC Releases SNAP Access in Urban America: A City-by-City Snapshot
	July 8, 2009 - FRAC Releases Summer Nutrition Report - No Vacation for Hunger This Summer As Millions of Children Miss Out on Healthy Meals
	July 31, 2009 - Jim Weill's Presentation at the Northeast Regional Meeting on Child Nutrition, Food and Health (pdf)
	June 1, 2009 - Washington Post Covers Afterschool and Summer Nutrition Programs - FRAC and D.C. Hunger Solutions quoted.
	May 15, 2009 - FRAC Analysis: Nutrition Programs and Refundable Tax Credits in President Obama’s FY 2010 Budget
	May 1, 2009 - Congress Passes FY2010 Budget; Sets Stage for Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
	April 17, 2009 - New Study from USDA Shows WIC's Contribution to Healthy Lives.
	April 15, 2009 - ABC's Good Morning America features story on school cheese sandwich policies. - View FRAC's Statement on cheese sandwich policies. - Download FRAC's brief - Strategies in Tough Economic Times. (pdf)
	April 13 , 2009 - FRAC President Jim Weill on C-SPAN's Washington Journal; Discussion of the SNAP/Food Stamp boost in the economic recovery act and the record high number of people receiving the benefit.
	February 28, 2009 - Nutrition Programs and Other Key Low-Income Supports in the President's Budget
	February 10, 2009 - FRAC on NPR: "Stimulus Would Help States Provide Food Stamps."
	January 29, 2009 - Providing Food Stamp Benefits in the Stimulus by FRAC President Jim Weill published on Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Web site.
	January 23, 2009 - FRAC Sends Letter of Support for the House American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to Speaker Nancy Pelosi
	January 16, 2009 - House Unveils Economic Recovery Package with Strong Low-Income Provisions
	January 14, 2009 - FRAC Press Release on School Breakfast Reports: Low Rate of Participation in School Breakfast Means More Hunger, Less Learning, and Weaker State Economies.
	January 9, 2009 - Nutrition Priorities for the Transition; Opportunity to Comment; Letter to the Editor FRAC submitted a series of papers in November to the Obama Transition Team outlining the steps needed in the near and long-term to address the serious problem of hunger in the U.S.
	January 6, 2009 - FRAC's Jim Weill advocates for food stamp boost as part of next economic stimulus package in CQ Today Online News - Economic Affairs "Some anti-hunger groups, including the Food Research and Action Center, the Congressional Hunger Center and the American Public Human Services Association, also are asking for an additional $250 million a year to upgrade automated systems and hire more caseworkers, which they say would expand participation. James D. Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center, said there has been fairly uniform support for stimulus nutrition funding from Democratic leaders, the incoming administration and even Republican economists. 'It’s the thing that’s most needed and thing that’s most effective,' said Weill, who pressed unsuccessfully to expand the food stamp program in last year’s tax rebate stimulus. 'It’s time to get this help to the people in the country who are having the hardest time and haven’t gotten much help yet in this recession.'” Contact CQ for complete article.
	2008 Press Releases and Analyses
	December 12, 2008 - FRAC Special Analysis: 2008 U.S. Conference of Mayors Report on Hunger and Homelessness
	December 10, 2008 - FRAC Facts: The cost of the Thrifty Food Plan rose by 9.4 percent from October 2007 to October 2008, while the overall cost of food rose by 7.5 percent.
	December 3, 2008 - Food Stamp Participation in September 2008 Tops 31.5 Million.
	December 3, 2008 - 2006 SNAP/Food Stamp Participation Rates State-by-State
	November 25, 2008 - In Nearly Half of the States, More Than One in Ten Residents Are On Food Stamps
	November 19, 2008 - FRAC Calls on President-Elect Obama and Congress to Make Ending Hunger a Priority; New Data Find that 36.2 Million Americans Struggle to Obtain Food; Prevalence of Hunger Negatively Impacting Young Children and the Nation’s Well-Being
	November 17, 2008 - More than 36.2 Million Americans Struggled Against Hunger in 2007; Number in Worst-Off Households Rose 40 Percent from 2000 to 2007
	November 4, 2008 - FRAC congratulates President-elect Barack Obama, Vice-President-elect Joe Biden, and the newly elected and returning members of Congress, state governors, state legislators, mayors and other public officials. We look forward to working with them all to tackle hunger and poverty in our nation, particularly in this time of acute and growing need. Three pdf documents underscore the great opportunities ahead: Obama and Biden: Tackling Domestic Hunger, the President-elect's position paper which commits to ending childhood hunger by 2015 and to other anti-poverty and anti-hunger strides forward; Obama and Biden: Fighting Poverty and Creating a Bridge to the Middle Class; and An analysis conducted in September for FRAC by Peter D. Hart Associates and McLaughlin & Associates showing that Americans believe the nation's officeholders need to do more to combat hunger.
	October 29, 2008 - SNAP/Food Stamp Toolkit for Changing Times: Rebranding, Program Improvements and Economic Hardship
	October 28, 2008 - Low Participation in Food Stamps Means One in Three Struggling Urban Households Miss Out on Benefits and Hundreds of Millions of Federal Dollars Foregone (2008 Food Stamp Access in Urban America: A City-by-City Snapshot)
	October 22, 2008 - Updated FRAC Facts on the Impact of Rising Food Costs and the Thrifty Food Plan highlights the latest USDA numbers showing the cost of the thrifty food plan rose by 10.3 percent from September 2007 to September 2008.
	October 16, 2008 - Statement by Jim Weill, President of the Food Research and Action Center, on the Release of the Blueprint to End Hunger in America
	October 16, 2008 - FRAC's updated fact sheet on rising food costs (pdf) and the impact on low-income Americans - Food costs rose by 7.6 percent from September 2007 to September 2008, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
	October 8, 2008 - Hunger a Rising Concern Among Americans As Economy Falters; Public Wants Issue Discussed in Campaign; Recent Polling Shows Need for Political Leadership on Hunger and Poverty
	October 1, 2008 - “New” Program Helps Struggling Households Put Food on the Table - Electronic Card Allows Individuals to Buy Nutritious Food at Local Stores
	September 9, 2008 - Reports Show Federal Commodity Food Program Should Do Much More to Improve Nutritional Quality of School Meals
	September 4, 2008 - Low-Income Families Disproportionately Affected by Rising Food Costs, According to New USDA Data; FRAC Calls for Urgent Increase in Food Stamp Benefits to Help with 10 Percent Leap in Food Inflation
	August 26, 2008 - Number of Americans Living in Poverty Increased in 2007, Federal Poverty Numbers Show; Statement by FRAC President Jim Weill (pdf) on the Census Bureau's numbers released today
	July 30, 2008 - School Is Out for the Summer – and Millions of Children Are Missing Out on Healthy Meals; New FRAC Report Finds the Summer Nutrition Programs Falling Far Short of Meeting the Need (pdf)
	May 29, 2008 - Rising Food Costs Bearing Down Even Harder on Low-Income Shoppers - Increase in the Cost of the Thrifty Food Plan Rising Faster than the Overall Cost of Food
	April 17, 2008 - New Online: FRAC President Jim Weill's presentation to at the House Hunger Caucus Briefing: The Impact of Rising Food Prices on Hunger in America (pdf)
	April 17, 2008 - Disaster Food Stamps Available in Some Arkansas Counties - click here for details.
	April 4, 2008 - FRAC Facts: The Impact of Rising Food Costs on Low-Income Americans (pdf)
	March 25, 2008 - New Online: Access and Access Barriers to Getting Food Stamps - A Review of the Literature (pdf version). Click here for a section-by-section version.
	March 15, 2008 - Read Maryland Hunger Solutions director Kimberley Chin’s blog on the Food Stamp Challenge, at the Maryland Hunger Solutions blog.
	February 8, 2008 - Rep. James McGovern on Food Stamps and the Federal Budget.
	February 4, 2008 - FRAC Statement on the President's Budget
	January 31, 2008 - Over 150 House Democrats support strong nutrition title in Farm Bill. Click here for letter to Agriculture Committee Chairman Peterson (large pdf file, may take a few seconds to download)
	January 30, 2008 - Now online: September and October 2007 Food Stamp participation numbers.
	January 29, 2008 - UPDATE! Food Stamp Boost is Quick, Effective Way to Stimulate the Economy
	January 28, 2008 - FRAC's Simplified Tool Kit Now Online!
	January 22, 2008 - Food Stamp Boost is Quick, Effective Way to Stimulate the Economy
	January 4, 2008 - Text of Senate's Farm Bill Nutrition Title Now Available
	January 2, 2008 - Take Action: Farm Bill Negotiations to Wrap Up Soon

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