Our Priorities

Massive and fundamental changes were made by Congress to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) via the large budget reconciliation law, H.R. 1, in 2025. The Alliance will seek opportunities to strengthen SNAP and mitigate the harm from transferring costs to states. Also, simply continuing prior year spending through continuing resolutions for the federal nutrition programs, like senior home-delivered and congregate meal programs, has not allowed for full funding levels to adequately meet program and participant needs. The Alliance will bring forward the funding priorities of our members to help ensure adequate funding is achieved.

Families who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefit from online improvements that let them conduct some of the program’s “paperwork” from their phones or computers at home or at work. We encourage Congress to make these improvements permanent through the MODERN WIC Act.

H.R. 1, the massive spending and tax bill of 2025, included many funding aspects for agriculture programs that are usually part of a Farm Bill and made huge cuts to the SNAP program. The 2018 Farm Bill has been extended through September 30, 2026. The Alliance will seek opportunities to advance Farm Bill policies that support benefits for both farms and families.

From infancy to our later years in life, federal nutrition programs help people access enough food and nutrition to set up and maintain good health. From WIC to SNAP and beyond, ensuring policymakers and the wider public understand and act on the unique and complementary aspects of these programs will help our nation invest in a nourishing future.

Adequate food and nutrition is necessary for good health. The Alliance to End Hunger supports adequately funded and supported federal nutrition programs that serve as a foundation for ensuring that all people have access to foods that support health along a spectrum through medically tailored groceries and meals.

Adequate resources need to be provided through federal nutrition program funding to the organizations that provide meals and to households who receive assistance along with the tools and equipment, knowledge and skills, and time to prepare, serve, and get food to people wherever we eat.

Between 30–40 percent of the food supply in the U.S. is wasted. From the farm to the table, efforts to prevent and reduce food waste can help to make sure that food gets to people for nourishment, and that in the process, water and energy resources are preserved.

American international food security programs, including Title II Food for Peace and the McGovern-Dole Food for Education program, are reauthorized through the Farm Bill, which must be passed every five years. The Alliance advocates for passage of a Farm Bill that includes authorization for critical food security and nutrition programs and support for agricultural research.

The appropriations levels for international food security programs have declined in recent years, despite increasing levels of hunger globally. The Alliance advocates for increased funding for programs like Food for Peace, Feed the Future, and the McGovern-Dole Food for Education program by explaining the significant benefits to American national security, foreign policy, and economic prospects of implementing global food security programs.

The current GMPTA implementation plan runs from October 2022 to October 2029. The Alliance advocates for fulfillment of the implementation plan, and for the specific nutrition interventions supported by the legislation, including breastfeeding support, prenatal vitamins for pregnant women, vitamin A supplementation for young children, and scaling up the use of wasting treatments such as Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs).

Limited access to safe and reliable food makes global conflict one of the main reasons for global food insecurity. The UN’s most recent report identified 16 “Hunger Hotspots” in which armed conflict and violence remain the primary cause of acute food insecurity, driving the food insecurity in 14 of the 16 hotspots.

Farmers around the world are dependent on healthy soil, adequate rainfall, and temperatures that encourage crop growth. The Alliance advocates for policies that build resilience among smallholder farmers globally, enabling them to grow resilient crops that can survive adverse or unexpected conditions.

The Alliance supports nutrition interventions known to be effective and supports including effective nutrition interventions in all USG international food security programs. These interventions include the “Power 4” nutrition interventions, including breastfeeding support for new mothers, Vitamin A supplementation for young children, prenatal vitamins for pregnant women, and the use of wasting treatments such as Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs).

The current Global Food Security Strategy expires this year, and it is essential that a new GFSS aligns efforts across corporate, nonprofit, multinational, and government sectors. The Alliance advocates for a GFSS that continues to build collaborative efforts to fight hunger and malnutrition through an approach that prioritizes nutrition.