FRAC is releasing today its analysis of the steps needed for the nation to reach President Obama's goal of ending childhood hunger by 2015.
The paper calls for the nation to:
* Restore economic growth and create jobs with better wages for lower-income workers.
* Raise the incomes of the lowest-income families.
* Strengthen the SNAP/Food Stamp Program.
* Restore economic growth and create jobs with better wages for lower-income workers.
* Raise the incomes of the lowest-income families.
* Strengthen the SNAP/Food Stamp Program.
* Strengthen the Child Nutrition Programs.
* Engage the entire federal government in ending childhood hunger.
* Work with states, localities and nonprofits to expand and improve participation in federal nutrition programs.
* Make sure all families have convenient access to reasonably priced, healthy food.
FRAC is distributing this analysis to members of Congress, key officials in the Obama Administration, the media, and anti-hunger leaders across the nation. They also are launching a website, www.endingchildhunger2015.org, where they are posting this analysis and the president's position paper making the 2015 commitment, and will be posting in the weeks and months ahead other analyses and materials related to achieving thehttp://frac.org/news/2015.htm 2015 goal.
* Work with states, localities and nonprofits to expand and improve participation in federal nutrition programs.
* Make sure all families have convenient access to reasonably priced, healthy food.
FRAC is distributing this analysis to members of Congress, key officials in the Obama Administration, the media, and anti-hunger leaders across the nation. They also are launching a website, www.endingchildhunger2015.org, where they are posting this analysis and the president's position paper making the 2015 commitment, and will be posting in the weeks and months ahead other analyses and materials related to achieving thehttp://frac.org/news/2015.htm 2015 goal.
Please share your thoughts with Hunger 101Az and FRAC about this first look at needed strategies, and your ideas of how to spur the nation to reach this important goal.
Source: Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)
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