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Resource | Research Data USDA SNAP Program Integrity Data Team: Preliminary Report

Secretary Brooke L. Rollins directed states to share their SNAP eligibility data with USDA, launching a historic and collaborative effort to root out fraud, waste, and abuse. The Department established the first ever SNAP Program Integrity Data Team to analyze the data provided by states and compare it to readily available federal databases. This report provides an overview of the team’s methodologies and findings.

05/13/2026
Resource | Federal Register Notices Final Rule: Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

This rule codifies a new framework for determining distinct staple food varieties for meeting staple food stocking requirements for retailer participation in SNAP. 

05/08/2026
Basic page SNAP Stocking Standards Final Rule

We published a final rule that updates retailer stocking standards in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This rule ensures that retailers carry a variety of foods that promote the health of SNAP participants.

05/08/2026
Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP Retailer Notice: New Staple Foods Stocking Standards Are Coming!

We published updates to the stocking standards required for most retailers authorized to accept SNAP benefits. Starting on Nov. 4, 2026, all retailers other than specialty stores (e.g., butchers, farm stands) will be required to comply with these standards or risk losing your ability to redeem SNAP.

05/08/2026
Resource | Federal Register Notices Information Collection: FNS-380-1 SNAP's Quality Control Review Schedule

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection.

04/29/2026
Resource | Federal Register Notices Proposed Information Collection Comment Request: SNAP Part 275-Quality Control

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This collection is a reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved collection for which approval has expired.

04/29/2026
Resource | Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2024 USDA Nutrition Education Coordination Report to Congress

The USDA Nutrition Education Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2024 offers a description of nutrition education within the United States Department of Agriculture and a summary of coordinated nutrition education activities completed from October 2023 through September 2024.

04/23/2026
Resource | Federal Register Notices Comment Request: SNAP-Ed State Plan and Report System

This information collection updates existing reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program (SNAP-Ed).

04/20/2026
Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP Quality Control Additional Non-Citizen Variance Exclusion Period for Select States

This policy memo provides instruction to select states regarding the implementation of changes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility for aliens in Section 10108 of PL 119-21, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, in the wake of preliminary relief granted in State of New York, et al. v. Rollins, et al., 6:25-cv02185 (D. Or.).

04/14/2026
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