News Releases
Media Contact:
Jordan Baker
jbaker@frac.org
202-640-1118
2021
- March 26: D.C. Hunger Solutions Applauds Court Decision Halting Trump Administration’s Attempt to Cut Food Assistance
- March 23: D.C. Commends the USDA for Approving Pandemic EBT Plan, Feeding Thousands of Students This Summer in Our Nation’s Capital
- March 9: New Report Reveals Devastating Drops in D.C. Breakfast and Lunch Participation Due to COVID School Closures
- February 9: New Report Underscores School Breakfast Participation in District of Columbia to Combatting Childhood Hunger, Learning Loss Caused by COVID-19
2020
- December 9: Severe Lack of Grocery Stores in Wards 5, 7 and 8, Underscores Racial, Health and Food Access Disparities in the Nation’s Capital
- December 4: D.C. Hunger Solutions Congratulates Newly Elected Officials
- November 19: D.C. Scores High in School Meals, But More Participation Is Needed to Offset COVID Hunger
- June 3: D.C. Hunger Solutions Calls for Social Justice and Equality
- May 20: D.C. to Feed Over 68,000 Students with P-EBT
- May 13: D.C. SNAP Recipients Can Now Purchase Groceries on Amazon
- January 24: DCHS Applauds Lawsuit to Stop the Administration from Eliminating SNAP Benefits for more than 13K District Residents
2019
- October 23: D.C. Earns Tops Spot in Afterschool Meal Participation
- September 9: D.C. Hunger Solutions to Receive Hunger Is Donations Made at Local Safeway Stores
- April 23: District’s Shortcomings in School Breakfast Put Health and Learning of D.C. Children at Risk
2018
- October 10: D.C. Comes in at No. 1 in Afterschool Meal Participation, New Report Finds
- September 13: D.C. Hunger Solutions to Receive Hunger Is Donations Made at Local Safeway Stores
- August 1: Nearly 15 Percent of Households in D.C. Struggle to Afford Enough Food
2017
- October 4: Safeway Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation to Partner with D.C. Hunger Solutions on In-store Campaign
- September 18: Census Data Show that D.C. is a Tale of Two Cities
- August 11: D.C. Ranks 1st in the Nation in Serving Summer Meals to Low-Income Children
- June 16: New Report Finds the District’s ‘Grocery Store Gap’ Has Widened Since 2010
- April 12: Healthy Schools Act Hero Awards
2016
- September 20: Washington, D.C. Has Worst Food Hardship Rate in the Nation for Households with Children, Survey Finds
- June 30: Survey Finds 15.3 Percent of Households in D.C. Struggle to Afford Food
- June 14: D.C. #1 in the Country for Reaching Children with Summer Meals, Yet Participation Slipping
- February 16: Washington, D.C. Among Top in U.S. for School Breakfast Participation
