WASHINGTON, August 14, 2023 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) today announced a Request for Proposals for subgrants for its Equitable Access in Child Nutrition Programs project, supported by funding through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS).
WASHINGTON, August 10, 2023 — The Food Research & Action Center strongly opposes the SNAP Nutrition Security Act of 2023. The bill is a step towards restricting food access for the tens of millions of households who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to put food on the table by requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS) to collect data on how SNAP participants spend their benefits.
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2023 — An alarming number of children missed out on nutritious meals provided through the Summer Nutrition Programs last summer, according to a report released today by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), the nation’s leading anti-hunger advocacy organization.
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2023 — Many large school districts across the country reported decreased participation in school breakfast and lunch when the nationwide child nutrition waiver that allowed schools to offer school meals to all of their students at no charge ended, according to a report released today by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC).
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2023 — The Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which cleared the House Appropriations Committee, would slash critical federal nutrition programs that help keep hunger at bay for people across the country, resulting in the lowest funding allocation since 2006. FRAC strongly opposes this cruel and punitive legislation that would only deepen America’s hunger crisis.
