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According to FRAC’s Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: The Reach of Sumer Meals, participation in the Summer Meals Programs in July 2024 increased when compared to the previous year, but there is still significant room for growth to support child food security when school is out. 

Companion bills in the House and Senate present a critical opportunity to modernize service delivery in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Learn how this legislation would streamline certification options, guarantee accessibility, and provide immediate access to benefits in FRAC’s fact sheet. 

Rural populations often face specific barriers to accessing
congregate summer meal sites, including limited transportation and lack of nearby meal sites. The Rural Non-Congregate option was established to help address these barriers. Learn more in FRAC’s fact sheet. 

Summer EBT is returning in 2026! Get the word out by using FRAC’s new poster, which explains eligibility for the program, benefits, and how to apply. 

Congress must take immediate action to ensure the Farm Bill — or any legislation — reverses the devastating cuts and harmful impacts on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) that were included in the budget reconciliation law, H.R. 1. Protecting SNAP is protecting America’s health, economy, and future. 

The budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) represents the most significant retrenchment of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in decades. FRAC’s City Playbook is designed to help municipal leaders understand the scope of what’s coming, anticipate challenges, and prepare coordinated responses with state, federal, and community partners. 

The federal Summer EBT Program helps to ensure that more children from households with low incomes have access to adequate nutrition during the summer months. Learn how schools and school nutrition staff can play a critical part in ensuring the success of the program, along with outreach best practices from schools across the country. 

Download this practical checklist to help transition‑age youth with foster care experience and/or housing insecurity keep or apply for SNAP as new time limits from the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) take effect. It equips advocates and caseworkers with clear guidance to support young people who rely on SNAP to put food on the table while navigating the adult world of work, training, and housing.

Discover model state policies and best practices to help SNAP agencies better support transition‑age youth (TAY) who have experience in foster care and/or are homeless—including strategies to mitigate the harm of expanded SNAP time limits.

Learn why SNAP matters and how H.R. 1’s wide-ranging cuts undermine this proven federal nutrition program in this Playbook from FRAC and the State Revenue Alliance.

No state is insulated from the fiscal consequences of the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1). Learn how your state would be impacted by the law’s SNAP cost-shift provisions. This table provides a state-by-state snapshot of economic conditions and the new financial burdens imposed on states  by H.R. 1.

Wide-ranging SNAP cuts in the the budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1) have the potential to impact access to the child nutrition programs, making children hungry at home and at school. Learn more in FRAC’s policy brief, Cuts to SNAP Threaten the Child Nutrition Programs. 

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the most effective federal programs for reducing
hunger, stabilizing household finances, and supporting state and local economies. The budget reconciliation law (H.R. 1/OBBBA) fundamentally reshapes SNAP financing by shifting benefit costs and increasing administrative expenses to states. Learn how H.R. 1’s SNAP cost-shifts will increase hunger strain state budgets, and deepen economic risk in FRAC’s two-pager.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) relies on a nationwide network of retailers to ensure eligible households can purchase food each month. Yet, a new effort is being led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promote state-level food choice restriction waivers, which threatens to disrupt this system. Learn more in FRAC’s research brief.

More children are getting the nutrition they need from afterschool snacks and suppers offered by the Afterschool Nutrition Programs, according to FRAC’s latest report, Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation in October 2024. Read the strategies in the report to learn how even more children can be reached with these programs.