• Closing the Meal Gap Act – H.R. 4077 (Adams, 117th)/S. 2192 (Gillibrand, 117th): Improve SNAP benefit adequacy to help SNAP participants meet their household’s dietary, cultural, and other food needs by permanently adopting the Low-Cost Food Plan, to replace the inadequate Thrifty Food Plan.
• Increase accessibility to SNAP for critical populations:
  • Improve Access to Nutrition Act – H.R. 1510 (Lee, 118th): Repeal the three-month time limit on SNAP for certain working age adults who struggle with deep-set barriers to finding consistent employment. | FRAC Factsheet
  • EATS Act – H.R. 3183 (Gomez, 118th)/S. 2515 (Gillibrand, 117th): End the unjust rule preventing SNAP access for low-income college students. | Rep. Gomez Factsheet
• SNAP PLUS Act – H.R. 6338 (Meng, Fitzpatrick, 117th): Expand the accessibility of using SNAP to purchase hot and prepared food and meals. This will increase accessibility to nutritious meals for people who have limited food preparation space or physical ability. 
• LIFT the BAR Act – H.R. 5227 (Jayapal, 117th)/S. 4311 (Hirono, 117th): Reverse the racially discriminatory policy of prohibiting SNAP to immigrants by repealing the five year bar for SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid.

Thank you to our Food Banks that lifted up these anti-hunger priorities in Farm Bill Listening Sessions:

Food Banks Provide Comments at Tulare Farm Bill Listening Session, 2/14/23

Snapshots from the California Farm Bill Listening Session, July 6, 2022

• CAFB Farm Bill overview webinar (9/14/22):
  • Video recording
  • Slide presentation
• Food Research and Action Center resources:
  • Webinar: Farm Bill 101: Demystifying the Largest Piece of Legislation That Directly Affects SNAP
  • FRAC, Feeding America, & Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Webinar Series:
    • Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
  • FRAC Chats:
    • Farm Bill Urban Rural Alliance
    • Protect and Strengthen SNAP Agenda: Part 1, Part 2
  • FRAC 2023 Farm Bill priorities
• Feeding America Farm Bill page
• California Department of Food And Agriculture 2023 Farm Bill priorities 

• Submit comments and proposals to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry using this letter template. 
• Ask your member of congress to co-sponsor key marker bills.
  • Step 1: Check to see if your member of Congress is already a cosponsor by looking up the bill on Congress.gov. If they’re already a co-sponsor, thank them! If they’re not a co-sponsor, then;
  • Step 2: Send your member of congress an email asking them to become a co-sponsor. For example, use this email template to reach out to your member asking them to co-sponsor H.R. 1510 (Lee). 
• Ask your member of congress to visit your food bank or food program so they can learn about hunger and the communities you serve.