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Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance Seeding Success - How Farm to School Grant Funds Can Support Indigenous Food Practices

This pre-recorded webinar features Farm to School Program staff, who share grantee stories from the Indigenous community and how to build a successful farm to school program focused on traditional foods. 

04/14/2023
Resource | Policy Memos FD-152: Discontinuance of the High Security Seal Requirement for USDA Foods Deliveries

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will discontinue the requirement for vendors to use high security seals to secure USDA Foods deliveries as of July 1, 2023. 

04/05/2023
Resource | Policy Memos Rural Designations in the Summer Meal Programs - Revised

The purpose of this memorandum is to revise guidance on rural designations in the Summer Food Service Program and the National School Lunch Program’s Seamless Summer Option (SSO). The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 authorized a permanent non-congregate meal service option through the SFSP and SSO for children who live in rural communities with no congregate meal service. This memorandum supersedes SFSP policy memorandum SFSP 17-2015, Rural Designations in the Summer Food Service Program – Revised, April 21, 2017.

SFSP 04-2024, SP 06-2024
03/06/2023
Resource | Policy Memos FY 2024 Priority Areas for State Outreach Plans

FNS strongly recommends that all states develop a SNAP outreach plan. In addition to increasing enrollment among eligible non-participating households, SNAP outreach can help reduce churn by encouraging existing SNAP households to recertify. 

02/01/2023
Resource | Presentations SNAP E&T 2022 National Forum: Student Eligibility Listening Session

During this listening session, FNS invites SNAP E&T stakeholders to share input on how to improve access to SNAP for students. 

01/23/2023
Resource | Presentations SNAP E&T 2022 National Forum: Advancing Equity - Racial, Gender, and LGBTQ+

FNS is committed to advancing equity and improving access to SNAP E&T nationwide and there are exciting efforts to advance equity happening at the state and provider levels.

01/23/2023
Resource | Presentations SNAP E&T 2022 National Forum: Equitable SNAP E&T - Clearing the Path to Economic Mobility for All

This panel presentation, facilitated by the APHSA, highlights APHSA and its members commitment to advancing equity in human services, including through SNAP E&T.

01/23/2023
Resource | Presentations SNAP E&T 2022 National Forum: ABAWD Policy and Emerging from the PHE

This was a live-streamed session at the 2022 SNAP E&T National Forum. Emerging from the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) will require state agencies to eventually resume enforcing the time limit for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs).

01/23/2023
Resource | Presentations SNAP E&T 2022 National Forum: SNAP E&T 101

This was a live-streamed session at the 2022 SNAP E&T National Forum.

01/23/2023
Resource | Presentations SNAP E&T 2022 National Forum: SNAP E&T and Subsidized Work-Based Learning

This session focused on how subsidized work-based learning (SWBL) can be an important part of a SNAP E&T program. 

01/23/2023
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