About D.C. Hunger Solutions
Every day in the District of Columbia, nearly one out of eight households struggles with hunger, with uncertain or limited access to, or ability to buy, nutritionally adequate and safe food. D.C. Hunger Solutions, founded by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) in 2002 as a separately staffed and funded initiative, seeks to create a hunger-free community and thereby improve the nutrition, health, economic security, and well-being of low-income District residents.
What's Happening Now
Cheh introduces the FEED DC Act to fight obesity by improving access to healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods
D.C. Hunger Solutions applauds Councilmember Cheh for her leadership and commitment to closing the grocery gap, ...said Alexandra Ashbrook, director of D.C. Hunger Solutions. More...
New D.C. Bill Aims To Improve Food Options In Low-Income Areas (WAMU, July 13, 2010)
Transforming Urban Food Deserts
DCHS Director Alex Ashbrook is a panelist on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show. Listen here...
Washington, D.C. Still Ranks #1 in Summer Nutrition Participation - Participation Slips from Previous Summer as Recession Reduces Number of Sites
Findings from Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation, an annual analysis by the Food Research and Action Center.
Job Announcement: Development Associate - State Initiatives
The Food Research and Action Center seeks an experienced professional to lead fundraising efforts for its state-based initiatives, D.C. Hunger Solutions and Maryland Hunger Solutions. More...
D.C. Hunger Solutions Teams Up with Defeat Poverty DC
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D.C. Hunger Solutions congratulates the D.C Council for fully-funding the Healthy Schools Act.
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More Households Eligible For Food Stamps
"Under the new D.C. Department of Human Services policy, four-person households with monthly incomes of $3,600 or less may be eligible for food stamps. The income ceiling used to be two-thirds of that amount." (WAMU, May 10, 2010)
District Releases First Ever Obesity Report And Obesity Action Plan
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D.C. Council Passes Healthy Schools Act
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D.C. Hunger Solutions Produces Video - "When Healthy Food Is Out of Reach"
February 2009
Economic Recovery Legislation is Now Law!
Follow this link for highlights of the act and what it means for food and nutrition programs.
