DC 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.
One in eight District households is struggling against hunger, and while the nation’s federal nutrition programs have a wide reach in Washington, D.C., too many adults and children continue to slip through the nutrition safety net.
The ability to obtain enough food for an active, healthy life is the most basic of human needs.
Without access to adequate healthy food, people are likely to be hungry, undernourished, and in poor health, with high rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and other nutrition-fueled health problems.
1875 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 540, Washington, DC 20009. Phone (202) 986-2200