This final rule revises regulations for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and USDA Foods disaster response regulations. This final rule makes improvements in USDA’s food distribution programs.
Questions and answers about Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity Final Rule published on Oct. 31, 2024.
Summary of the provisions in the final rule and how they compare to previous program regulations.
This map displays census data and can be used for tiering of participating CACFP day care homes and eligibility of SFSP summer sites.
The CACFP meal patterns lay the foundation for a healthy eating pattern for children and adults in care. USDA also developed optional best practices that build on the meal patterns and highlight areas where centers and day care homes may take additional steps to further improve the nutritional quality of the meals they serve.
USDA and eight other federal agencies recently published a final rule entitled, Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations at 89 FR 15671 (final rule). The final rule amended USDA regulations at 7 CFR part 16 related to equal opportunity for faith-based organizations that operate USDA programs and religious protections for USDA program beneficiaries.
Strategies that TEFAP program operators can implement to better serve kosher-observant households.
We support the modernization of the WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program and the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program.
Provisions in the final rule that could impact CACFP and/or SFSP.
The FY 2024 TEFAP funding guidance memorandum provides guidance on full-year food and administrative funding allocations.