Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) Report Calls End to Childhood Hunger by 2015

FRAC describes seven strategies essential to meeting President Obama’s goal

Washington, D.C. – The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) today released a new  report setting out the seven strategies it deems essential for the nation to meet President Obama’s important goal of ending childhood hunger in America by the year 2015.

The strategies focus both on improving and expanding the nation’s nutrition programs, including SNAP/Food Stamps, WIC and the school meals and summer, afterschool and child care nutrition programs, and bolstering the economy and strengthening supports for working families in order to move more out of poverty, the root cause of hunger in this country.

This report is the first in-depth look at a comprehensive strategy to achieve President Obama’s goal. Read the full FRAC report.

Child Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2009, annual look at participation in the Summer Nutrition Programs. The report, which gives data for all states and looks at national trends, finds that the Summer Nutrition Programs continue to fall short in reaching eligible low-income children. Download the full report.The Summer Nutrition Status Report page contains tools and information that can help you use the report to inform Senators, Congressional representatives, and other advocates or the critical need for summer food and other child nutrition programs. With the upcoming Child Nutrition and WIC Act Reauthorization, it’s imperative that elected officials understand the fact that millions of children go hungry every day, and how federal nutrition programs help.

The Arizona Partnership to End Childhood Hunger is a collaborative effort between families, state and local government and community based organizations, volunteers and anti-hunger professionals. The Partnership’s steering committe is the Arizona Department of Economic Security’s Hunger Advisory Council.  The primary function of the Hunger Advisory Council to advise the Director of Arizona’s Department of Economic Security on food security issues within Arizona.   Any funds gathered on behalf of the Partnership will be dispersed under the supervision of the Arizona Department of Economic Security Hunger Advisory Council and the Arizona Department of Economic Security Hunger Relief Coordinator.   The Partnership’s fudiciary is the Association of Arizona Food Banks.

Listing of organizations funded through the Arizona Partnership to End Childhood Hunger.

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