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Media 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…

FOR 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…

D.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…

Emily 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…

New 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…

Contact: Colleen Barton Sutton, cbsutton@frac.org, 202-640-1121 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2016 — Despite an improving economy, far too many children in the nation’s capital still live in households that struggle against hunger, according to a Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) analysis of Gallup-Healthways Well-Being surveys conducted in 2014 and 2015. The report,…

WASHINGTON, August 14, 2017 — The District of Columbia ranks first in the nation for reaching low-income children with summer meals, according to Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation, an annual report by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC). Over 21,000 low-income children in the District received summer meals on an average day in July…

Media Contact: Emily Pickren epickren@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, September 18, 2017 — The Census Bureau released its annual 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) data last week, which once again shows that the city’s poverty rate remained stubbornly high at 18.6 percent (it was 18 percent in 2015). This is well above the 2016 national poverty rate…

Hunger Is Ambassador Viola Davis is leading the “Hungry for More” campaign to continue the fight to eradicate childhood hunger in the U.S. WASHINGTON, October 4, 2017 – The Albertsons Companies Foundation, doing business locally as the Safeway Foundation, and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) have come together again to continue the Hunger Is “Hungry…

Contact: Emily Pickren epickren@frac.org 202-640-1118 WASHINGTON, August 1, 2018 — Despite an improving economy, 14.8 percent of households in the District of Columbia reported that they struggled to buy enough food for themselves and their families during 2016–2017, according to a new report released by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC, a national anti-hunger…