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  • Video

    A video describing the need for, and the main models of, Breakfast After the Bell, including descriptions of Breakfast in the Classroom, Grab-and-Go, and 2nd Chance breakfast.

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  • Fact Sheet

    A fact sheet outlining the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s anti-hunger, economic, child development, public health, and anti-poverty strengths.

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  • Conference Call

    Find a selection of FRAC conference call recordings on the Conference Call and Webinar Recordings page.

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  • Webinar

    Find a selection of FRAC webinar recordings on the Conference Call and Webinar Recordings page.

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  • Archived

    “The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – known as WIC – provides low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children with nutritious foods, nutrition education, and improved access to health care in order to prevent nutrition-related health problems in pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood.”

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  • Interactive Data Tool

    This interactive map provides food insecurity rates among households with seniors age 60+, by state, on average over 2014-2016. Also includes an interactive, searchable table of senior household food insecurity rates by state.

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  • Advocacy Tool

    This fact sheet features graphics and information on “SNAP Action Needed:”

    1. Congress should protect and strengthen SNAP — no cuts, block grants, or structural changes.
    2. Congress should strengthen SNAP by passing H.R. 1276 — the “Closing the Meal Gap Act” of 2017 to: Base SNAP benefit allotments on the more adequate Low-Cost Food Plan; Boost SNAP benefits for families with children forced to choose between food and shelter; Boost SNAP benefits for older Americans forced to choose between food and medicine; Boost the SNAP minimum monthly benefit to $25 per month; and Ensure that jobless adults are offered employment and training opportunities before time limiting their SNAP benefits.

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  • Graphic

    This poster can be used in health care settings to help connect at-risk patients to SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.

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  • Chart

    Primarily for use in health care settings, this chart includes key information on nutrition programs available to older adults and can be tailored to include local resources.

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  • Graphic

    This poster can be used in health care settings to help connect at-risk patients to SNAP and other federal nutrition programs.

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  • Graphic

    This graphic includes information on food insecurity rates, risk factors, and consequences, and outlines key nutrition programs and essential steps for addressing food insecurity in health care settings.

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  • Fact Sheet

    Each year, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) analyzes participation data in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). FRAC uses U.S. Department of Agriculture data to develop a picture of participation trends in the U.S as a whole, each of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia. This report discusses changes in the number of CACFP child care centers and family child care homes over the past 20 years from fiscal year (FY) 1996 to 2016, the more recent changes from FY 2015 to FY 2016, and the overall increase in average daily attendance.

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  • Report

    This is FRAC’s analysis of CACFP participation data for child care centers and family child care homes that were provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the nation as a whole and for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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  • Report

    This brief first provides background information on the four USDA Food Plans, including the Thrifty Food Plan and the Low-Cost Food Plan. The second section details the weaknesses and limitations of the Thrifty Food Plan. The final section discusses why a more adequate food plan should be the basis for SNAP benefit allotments rather than the current Thrifty Food Plan, and concludes with a brief overview of the favorable impact of more adequate benefit levels on food spending and health.

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  • Toolkit

    The Cities Combating Hunger through Afterschool and Summer Meal Programs (CHAMPS) initiative provides grants to create or expand programs providing children with afterschool and summer meals across 71 U.S. cities.

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