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The USDA Midwest Region announced today two new grant opportunities available through the School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants, which is part of USDA’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative.

Para abordar aún más la inseguridad alimentaria en Puerto Rico y proporcionar recursos más equitativos a lugares remotos, el Servicio de Alimentos y Nutrición (FNS) del USDA proporcionará un mayor beneficio a las familias de Puerto Rico, en comparación con el territorio continental de los EE.UU., a través del nuevo y permanente programa de nutrición de verano para niños - conocido como Transferencia Electrónica de Beneficios de Verano (EBT de verano).

To further address food insecurity in Puerto Rico and provide more equitable resources to remote locations, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service will provide a higher benefit to Puerto Rico families, as compared to the U.S. mainland, through the new, permanent summer nutrition program for children – known as Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer. 

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Office of FNS awarded the District of Columbia Department of Human Services $904,859 to enhance efficiency and access in SNAP.

The Mountain Plains Regional Office of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service  awarded the Kansas Department for Children and Families $706,550 to enhance efficiency and access in SNAP.

The Midwest Regional Office of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service awarded Ohio Department of Job and Family Services $850,000 to enhance efficiency and access in SNAP.

The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has awarded the Texas Department of Health and Human Services Commission $723,564 to help improve their recipient fraud prevention, detection and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework.

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has awarded the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services $749,987 to help improve recipient fraud prevention, detection and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework. 

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has awarded the Wisconsin Department of Health Services $662,689 to help improve recipient fraud prevention, detection and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework. 

The Mountain Plains Regional Office of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service has awarded the Colorado Department of Human Services $537,504 to help improve recipient fraud prevention, detection and investigation efforts by implementing principles from the SNAP Fraud Framework. 

Today, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service announced that Louisiana will receive $9.5 million to test out a new model for incentivizing fruit and vegetable purchases among participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP.

Colorado will receive $7.9 million to test out a new model for incentivizing fruit and vegetable purchases among participants in SNAP.

USDA announced that low-income Oklahoma residents in two counties (McClain and Pottawatomie) recovering from tornadoes and severe storms that began on April 19, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).

USDA announced that low-income Arkansas residents in three counties (Cross, Lonoke and Pulaski), recovering from the impacts of tornadoes and severe storms beginning March 31, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s D-SNAP.