USDA Funds 36 Projects Aimed at Connecting Families to WIC Through Partnership with FRAC As Part of Investing in America Agenda

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through a cooperative agreement with USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), has awarded $16 million in subgrants funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to 36 projects aimed at testing innovative outreach strategies to increase participation and equity in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC.

FRAC Welcomes Kelly Horton as Chief Program Officer

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2023 — The Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), the nation’s leading national nonprofit  working to improve the nutrition, health, and well-being of people struggling against poverty-related hunger in the U.S., today announced that Kelly Horton has joined the organization as its chief program officer.