From the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)

During the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama announced a goal of of ending childhood hunger in America by the year 2015.  Since taking office, President Obama, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and other members of the Administration have reiterated that commitment.

FRAC has set out seven essential strategies in Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015: The Essential Strategies for Achieving the President's Goal.  They focus both on improving and expanding the nation’s nutrition programs, and bolstering the economy and strengthening supports for working families in order to move more out of poverty, the root cause of hunger in this country.

In brief, the seven strategies are:

FRAC is distributing this analysis to members of Congress, key officials in the Obama Administration, the media, and anti-hunger leaders across the nation.

FRAC is also launching a website, www.endingchildhunger2015.org, which includes 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 the 2015 goal.

Please give FRAC your thoughts about this first look at needed strategies, and your ideas of how to spur the nation to reach this important goal.