After severe storms and floods hit Louisiana in early March, the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) began preparations to offer USDA’s Disaster SNAP (D-SNAP) Program to victims in 23 parishes affected by the federal government’s disaster declaration. More than 10 years ago, this federal entitlement program was hugely important in helping victims […]
(This post features another excerpt from the conversation FRAC President Jim Weill had earlier this month with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack about the strengths of federal nutrition programs and their contributions to America’s health) Jim Weill: At the same time that many schools have been moving toward implementing community eligibility, nearly 100,000 schools with lunch […]
(Be sure to join @fractweets for the #SaludTues tweet chat on Tuesday, March 15, at 1 p.m. Eastern to raise awareness about CACFP and the importance of nutrition in child care.) It’s CACFP Week! To celebrate, FRAC is joining the National CACFP Sponsors Association for its annual national education and information campaign. That campaign is […]
Twitter users in Baltimore may have noticed a new top trending topic today, #HearTheCrunch. Throughout Maryland and D.C. this morning, students, teachers, advocates, elected officials and many others joined Maryland Hunger Solutions and D.C. Hungers Solutions to crunch an apple in support of healthy school breakfast for students. Ensuring that kids have access to a […]
Jim Weill: Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for speaking at the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference last week. Increasingly, this conference is attracting not just anti-hunger advocates, but health and nutrition advocates and experts. Do you see these groups working together more in other contexts to improve the well-being of low-income Americans? Secretary Vilsack: Absolutely, and it makes sense. […]
Jim Weill had the opportunity for a one-on-one conversation with USDA Secretary Vilsack last week to talk about the importance of federal nutrition programs. We’ll be posting excerpts from the conversation throughout the week here on FRAC’s new blog, FRAC Chat. Check out today’s post on school breakfast and be sure to join USDA, FRAC and MomsRising this afternoon from 2- 3pm ET for a Twitter Chat on school breakfast, #NSBW16.
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