Media Contact: Emily Pickren epickren@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, April 23, 2019 — D.C. Hunger Solutions is calling on the D.C. Council to prioritize funding for the Healthy Students Amendment Act in the fiscal year 2020 budget bill to ensure more low-income children stave off hunger and start their day ready to learn. By targeting District funds…
Read MoreApril 15, 2019 By Melissa Jensen Today is Tax Day — a day that D.C. Hunger Solutions (DCHS) celebrates because it marks the end of another successful Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign. Every year, D.C. Hunger Solutions leads an outreach campaign at tax aid sites across the nation’s capital to educate residents about the…
Read MoreApril 5, 2019 By Paige Pokorney With free school breakfast available to every D.C. student attending a public school (traditional and charter), the District ranks fourth in the nation for school breakfast participation. School breakfast provides students with the nutrition they need to be healthy and thrive in the classroom. Eating school breakfast has been…
Read MoreUnited Planning Organization2907 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE Mondays and Thursdays: 5:45 – 7:30 p.m. Start date: February 3 Jubilee Jobs2712 Ontario Road, NW Saturdays: 8:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.; 1:15– 3 p.m. (based on demand) Start date: February 1 CentroNia (assistance in Spanish and English available at this location)3029 14th Street, NW Saturdays:…
Read MoreMedia Contact: Emily Pickren epickren@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, October 10, 2018 — More than 10,000 children in the District of Columbia benefitted from afterschool suppers on an average weekday in October 2017, a 31.6 percent increase in participation over the previous year, according to “Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation,” a new report from the Food…
Read MoreMedia Contact: Emily Pickren epickren@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, September 13, 2018 — D.C. Hunger Solutions is excited to be selected as a charity partner for Albertsons Companies Foundation, doing business locally as the Safeway Foundation, to receive donations from the annual Hunger Is campaign to eradicate childhood hunger. All donations made at local Safeway stores will…
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sara McGovern, smcgovern@frac.org, 202-640-1089 WASHINGTON – Jan. 19, 2016 – A recent major change to the District’s SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), formerly known as food stamps will benefit more than 12,000 households in all eight wards, according to D.C. Hunger Solutions. The D.C. Department of Human Services (DHS) retroactively implemented…
Read MoreD.C. Hunger Solutions Concerned District Has Slipped from Number 1 Spot FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sara McGovern, smcgovern@frac.org, 202-640-1089 WASHINGTON – February 16, 2016 – The District of Columbia saw a decline in school breakfast participation, but continues to be at the top of list when looking at the city’s ability to serve school breakfast…
Read MoreEmily Pickren epickren@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, June 14, 2016 – The District of Columbia continues to rank first in the nation for reaching low-income children with summer meals. According to Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation, an annual analysis by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), 22,185 low-income children in the District received summer meals on…
Read MoreNew Data Underscore Need to Protect and Improve Federal Nutrition Programs Contact: Colleen Barton Sutton, cbsutton@frac.org, 202-640-1121 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, June 30, 2016 – One in six households – 15.3 percent of respondents – in the District of Columbia reported in 2015 they struggled to afford enough food for their households, according to a…
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