Through this TEFAP program guidance memorandum, we are providing TEFAP state agencies with initial implementation guidance and implementation dates for the provisions of the Improving Access and Parity Final Rule.
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.
The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify the written notice and referral requirements for organizations that receive USDA Foods or administrative funding as part of CSFP and TEFAP program guidance, per USDA regulations on equal opportunity for religious organizations to participate in USDA assistance programs.
Legislation and regulations authorizing the child nutrition programs.
This memorandum and attachments provide information on the revised Form FNS-418: Report of the Summer Food Service Program for Children that is used to report data on meals served in the SFSP, and the revised Form FNS-10: Report of School Program Operations that is used to report data on meals served in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.
Strategies that TEFAP program operators can implement to better serve halal-observant households.
Strategies that TEFAP program operators can implement to better serve kosher-observant households.
Consumer-friendly single-sided handout with basic information on the SUN programs, including SUN Bucks, SUN Meals, and SUN Meals To-Go.