Read FRAC President Luis Guardia’s statement to the House Democratic Task Force on Agriculture and Nutrition in the 21st Century. Delivered at the Task Force’s 2023 Farm Bill Roundtable on July 13, 2023.
Read the statementRead FRAC President Luis Guardia’s statement to the House Democratic Task Force on Agriculture and Nutrition in the 21st Century. Delivered at the Task Force’s 2023 Farm Bill Roundtable on July 13, 2023.
Read the statementUse this leave behind in your advocacy efforts to inform your Members of Congress about the critical importance of Healthy School Meals for All, and urge them to support key legislation.
Download the leave behindUse this leave behind to inform your Members of Congress about budget and appropriations priorities for the 2024 Fiscal Year.
Download the leave behindUse this leave behind to inform your Members of Congress about the critical importance of SNAP, TEFAP, and other anti-hunger programs.
Download the leave behindUse this leave behind to inform your Members of Congress about the critical importance of supporting the American Family Act, along with other essential improvements to expand the benefits of the CTC, Earned Income Tax Credit, and Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit.
Download the leave behindUtilize this Joint Statement by National Organizations and Farm Bill Stakeholder Groups in Support of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), signed by nearly 225 national organizations and entities, in your Farm Bill advocacy to protect and strengthen the program.
Read the sign-on letterSigned by over 900 national, state, and local organizations, FRAC’s sign-on letter urges Congressional leadership to aggressively pursue and reach a bipartisan agreement this calendar year on Child Nutrition Reauthorization and ensure that the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is updated and strengthened to reflect the program’s pressing needs.
Read the sign-on letterSigned by over 500 national, state, and local organizations, FRAC’s sign-on letter urges Congressional leadership to reinstate the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in any end of the year tax package.
Read the sign-on letterIn this sign-on letter, FRAC and other national anti-hunger organizations call on Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) to expand the Community Eligibility Provision in the upcoming Senate version of Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
Read the sign-on letterThe Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act
authorizes all of the federal child nutrition programs.
The child nutrition programs reach millions of
children each day and improve educational achievement,
economic security, nutrition, and health. Although most of
the programs are permanently authorized, about every
five years, Congress reviews the laws governing these
programs through the reauthorization process.
The federal nutrition programs are a critical safety net for tens of millions of struggling households — including individuals of all ages — by helping them put food on the table during times of need. Investing in hunger prevention and relief makes good fiscal sense.
Explore the Advocacy ToolCongress should again protect SNAP’s structure and funding, and Congress should strengthen SNAP by adopting provisions contained in the bills listed in the attachment.
Explore the Advocacy ToolThe Farm Bill is a comprehensive piece of legislation that authorizes most federal policies governing
food and agriculture programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
formerly known as Food Stamps. Approximately every five years, Congress reauthorizes the Farm Bill. Reauthorization offers policy makers an opportunity to review the programs included in the legislation, consider programmatic changes, and address implementation barriers that may have come up since the
previous reauthorization. With the 2018 Farm Bill set to expire on September 30, 2023, discussions about the Farm Bill are beginning already.
The next pandemic relief legislation passed by Congress must ensure that children can access the healthy food they need through child nutrition programs, including at school and during the summer. The following three provisions designed to support economic recovery and provide pandemic relief recently came close to being enacted and now must be included in the next piece of legislation.
Explore the Advocacy ToolCongress must enact a child nutrition reauthorization bill that strengthens program access and supports participation by underserved children, ensures nutrition quality, and simplifies program administration and operation. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of the federal child nutrition programs, and several policy improvements that were made during COVID-19 should be implemented permanently by Congress. The reauthorization also should build on the critical gains — which improved access and nutrition — that were made in the last reauthorization.
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