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Report

Nutrition Provisions in New House Build Back Better Legislation Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

November 5, 2021 | Zoë Neuberger

The Build Back Better legislation being considered by the House includes historic investments in proven child nutrition programs that would transform nutrition assistance for our nation’s low-income schoolchildren.

Food Assistance in American Rescue Plan Act Will Reduce Hardship, Provide Economic Stimulus

May 7, 2021

Report

American Families Plan Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

May 21, 2021

Report

Food Assistance in President Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Would Reduce Hardship, Provide Economic Stimulus

January 28, 2021

Report

USDA Announces Important SNAP Benefit Modernization

August 26, 2021 | Joseph Llobrera, Matt Saenz and Lauren Hall

Blog

Modernizing SNAP Benefits Will Help Millions of Families Afford Healthy, Nutritious Diet

August 16, 2021 | Joseph Llobrera

Report

Permanently End the SNAP Cut-Off to Support a More Equitable Recovery

May 4, 2021 | Ed Bolen, Joseph Llobrera and Brynne Keith-Jennings

Statement

Rosenbaum: Executive Action on Food Assistance Strengthens Federal Response to Hunger

January 22, 2021 | Dottie Rosenbaum

Resource List

Puerto Rico's Nutrition Assistance Program

Puerto Rico’s household food assistance program, the Nutrition Assistance Program, is one of the most important programs helping people meet basic needs in Puerto Rico.

Resource List

El Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (PAN)

El Programa de Asistencia Nutricional es uno de los programas de asistencia económica más importantes en Puerto Rico.

Resource List

SNAP: State by State Data, Fact Sheets, and Resources

June 26, 2019

This page contains links to resources and fact sheets organized by state.

Resource List

Resources on SNAP and Work

SNAP is an important support for low-income workers. Millions of Americans work in jobs with low wages, unpredictable schedules, and no benefits such as paid sick leave — all of which contribute to...

New on this Topic

Statement

Parrott: House Takes Historic Step; Senate Should Get Build Back Better Across Finish Line Without Delay

November 19, 2021

Report

Build Back Better Legislation Would Cut Poverty, Boost Opportunity

November 10, 2021

Fact Sheet

Tracking the COVID-19 Economy’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships

November 10, 2021

Report

SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Low-Income Veterans, Including Thousands in Every State

November 9, 2021

Blog

Northern Mariana Islands to Receive Substantial Additional Food Assistance in a Move Toward Parity With Rest of U.S.

November 5, 2021

Report

Nutrition Provisions in New House Build Back Better Legislation Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

November 5, 2021

Policy Basics

SNAP helps over 40 million low-income people afford a nutritionally adequate diet; WIC provides nutritious food for about 7 million low-income women, infants, and children; and school breakfast and lunch programs provide free and reduced-price meals to over 20 million low-income children.

We design and promote policies to make SNAP stronger, more accessible, and easier to administer; help states design their SNAP programs; help ensure that WIC has the funds to serve all eligible applicants; and design and promote policies that increase school meal participation by low-income children.

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Experts

Parrott: House Takes Historic Step; Senate Should Get Build Back Better Across Finish Line Without Delay

The House vote brings us a critical step closer to delivering policy advances that help families meet everyday challenges such as paying rent and putting food on the table, affording child care and...

Build Back Better Legislation Would Cut Poverty, Boost Opportunity

The Build Back Better legislation would take major steps to reduce the number of people living in poverty, improve the quality of life for low- and moderate-income people, and create opportunity so...

Northern Mariana Islands to Receive Substantial Additional Food Assistance in a Move Toward Parity With Rest of U.S.

Under a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), food assistance available to the U.S. territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) will grow much closer to parity with the...

Nutrition Provisions in New House Build Back Better Legislation Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

The Build Back Better legislation being considered by the House includes historic investments in proven child nutrition programs that would transform nutrition assistance for our nation’s...

Parrott: New Build Back Better Framework a Historic Step Forward

The framework would represent one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in a...

Characteristics of Participants in Puerto Rico’s Nutritional Assistance Program (PAN/NAP) and Their Connections to the Labor Market

Debates in Puerto Rico about the impact of economic security programs — particularly the Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP, or PAN for Programa de Asistencia Nutricional) — on participants’...

Nutrition Provisions in New House Build Back Better Legislation Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

Food Assistance in American Rescue Plan Act Will Reduce Hardship, Provide Economic Stimulus

American Families Plan Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

Food Assistance in President Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Would Reduce Hardship, Provide Economic Stimulus

USDA Announces Important SNAP Benefit Modernization

Modernizing SNAP Benefits Will Help Millions of Families Afford Healthy, Nutritious Diet

Permanently End the SNAP Cut-Off to Support a More Equitable Recovery

Rosenbaum: Executive Action on Food Assistance Strengthens Federal Response to Hunger

Puerto Rico's Nutrition Assistance Program

El Programa de Asistencia Nutricional (PAN)

SNAP: State by State Data, Fact Sheets, and Resources

Resources on SNAP and Work

New on this Topic

Parrott: House Takes Historic Step; Senate Should Get Build Back Better Across Finish Line Without Delay

Build Back Better Legislation Would Cut Poverty, Boost Opportunity

Tracking the COVID-19 Economy’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships

SNAP Helps 1.2 Million Low-Income Veterans, Including Thousands in Every State

Northern Mariana Islands to Receive Substantial Additional Food Assistance in a Move Toward Parity With Rest of U.S.

Nutrition Provisions in New House Build Back Better Legislation Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

Policy Basics

SNAP helps over 40 million low-income people afford a nutritionally adequate diet; WIC provides nutritious food for about 7 million low-income women, infants, and children; and school breakfast and lunch programs provide free and reduced-price meals to over 20 million low-income children.

Experts

Parrott: House Takes Historic Step; Senate Should Get Build Back Better Across Finish Line Without Delay

Build Back Better Legislation Would Cut Poverty, Boost Opportunity

Northern Mariana Islands to Receive Substantial Additional Food Assistance in a Move Toward Parity With Rest of U.S.

Nutrition Provisions in New House Build Back Better Legislation Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

Parrott: New Build Back Better Framework a Historic Step Forward

Characteristics of Participants in Puerto Rico’s Nutritional Assistance Program (PAN/NAP) and Their Connections to the Labor Market

WIC Coordination With Medicaid and SNAP

Parrott: House “Build Back Better” Legislation Would Advance Economic Justice and Racial Equity

Nutrition Provisions in Economic Recovery Legislation Could Substantially Reduce Children’s Food Hardship

Ty Jones Cox