We published the Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Final Rule. To support retailer implementation, we are issuing this memo to describe the new minimum staple food stocking requirements across the four staple food categories: 1. Dairy; 2. Grains; 3. Protein; 4. Vegetables or Fruits. This memo also provides an updated list of accessory foods.
This memorandum provides the fiscal year 2027 inflation adjustments to the monthly cash-value voucher/benefit amounts for fruit and vegetable purchases in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
The Food and Nutrition Administration intends to request the renewal of a generic clearance that allows FNA to conduct short, quick-turnaround surveys of state, local, and Tribal agencies and businesses that receive food, funds, and nutrition information through programs administered by FNA.
The FNA-380-1, Quality Control Review Schedule, was developed by FNA for state use to collect both quality control data and case characteristics for SNAP and to serve as the comprehensive data entry form for SNAP QC reviews.
This second annual report of the WIC and FMNP Modernization Evaluation provides an overview of modernization efforts underway and highlights early implementation findings, covering activities through December 2025.
WIC card and benefit security is critical for ensuring participants can successfully obtain their supplemental foods and for protecting the integrity of taxpayer dollars. As program partners, we seek to work with state leaders to take actions to increase card security, safeguard participants’ benefits, and prevent or reduce fraud.
This fact sheet highlights healthy foods that are part of a balanced school breakfast. Learn about why eating breakfast is important for learning and how parents can help their child eat a healthy breakfast at school.
We are extending the public comment period on the proposed rule, “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Changes in Federal-State Administrative Cost Sharing,” which was published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2026.
The purpose of this study is to describe the foods and beverages purchased by SNAP households, by using the most current data available.
In appreciation of breastfeeding mothers and of all the dedicated volunteers, professionals, communities, and organizations who support their efforts, I, Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture, do hereby proclaim Aug. 1–7, 2026, as National WIC Breastfeeding Week.