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Resource | Federal Register Notices Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2026 - 2027)

This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced-price meals, free milk, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for the period from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.

04/09/2026
Resource | Policy Community Eligibility Provision: Election Deadline and Annual Notification and Publication Requirements

This memorandum is a reminder to state agencies and local educational agencies that the statutory deadline to elect the Community Eligibility Provision for the following school year is June 30. This memorandum also provides a reminder of the annual CEP notification and publication requirements.

03/13/2026
Resource | Policy Modifying the FNS Instruction 113-1: Civil Rights Compliance and Enforcement - Nutrition Programs and Activities

This memorandum seeks to ensure that current Food and Nutrition Service guidance pertaining to federal civil rights and nondiscrimination obligations remains aligned with applicable laws, regulations, executive orders and directives relevant to the agency’s 16 nutrition assistance programs.

03/03/2026
Resource | Policy The Emergency Food Assistance Program - Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2026

This TEFAP program guidance memorandum transmits the 2026 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in TEFAP.

02/10/2026
Resource | Policy Commodity Supplemental Food Program - Income Guidelines for 2026

This memorandum transmits the 2026 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in CSFP.

02/10/2026
Resource | Policy Implementing Revisions to the WIC Food Packages: Flexibilities to Support Healthy Choices, Healthy Outcomes, and Healthy Families

This memo clarifies state agency flexibility to implement changes to the WIC food packages in ways that support the Trump Administration’s commitment, under the leadership of USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, to encourage healthy choices, healthy outcomes, and healthy families through the federal nutrition programs.

08/19/2025
Resource | Policy SFMNP Income Eligibility Guidelines (2025-2026)

This policy memorandum transmits the 2025-2026 Income Eligibility Guidelines (IEGs) for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program.

03/27/2025
Resource | Policy WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines (2025-2026)

This policy memorandum transmits the 2025-2026 Income Eligibility Guidelines for WIC that were published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2025.

03/27/2025
Resource | Policy Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines (2025-2026)

This notice announces the Department's annual adjustments to the Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used in determining eligibility for free and reduced price meals, free milk, and Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer benefits for the period from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. 

03/13/2025
Basic page TEFAP Income Guidelines

This page lists the income guidelines for state agencies to use in determining the eligibility of households to receive USDA Foods for home consumption in TEFAP.

03/11/2025
Page updated: October 14, 2021