The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), which was signed into law in March 2021, provided USDA with $390 million and waiver authority for outreach, innovation, and program modernization in WIC and the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. FNS is interested in understanding the implementation and outcomes related to these modernization efforts.
The WIC and FMNP Modernization Evaluation provides a comprehensive look at how we are working with WIC state agencies, local agencies, and other partners to modernize WIC and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.
This memo provides state agencies with guidance on allowable use of advanced automation technologies.
This retailer reminder is for California and bordering states SNAP retailers. The purpose of this communication is to remind you of the impact to you as an authorized SNAP retailer if you have not prepared your stores to accept EBT chip card technology.
The third annual survey of School Food Authorities found that 95 percent of SFAs faced supply-chain related challenges in school year (SY) 2023-24, but that the number of reported challenges and impacts they have on school food service have largely declined compared to SY 2022-23. This report is the third in the series and, like the others, reports findings from a 20-minute online questionnaire sent to all SFAs operating child nutrition programs in schools to gather information on the impacts of continued supply chain challenges
This report explores different approaches to reevaluating the Thrifty Food Plan, which represents a low-cost, nutritious diet comprised of foods and beverages consumed at home and is used to calculate SNAP benefit amounts.
This toolkit is intended to help state agencies create easy-to-use online applications that eligible people can use to start the certification process for WIC.
One critical step in setting up an online WIC application is deciding what software to use. The features recommended in this article are based on market research; a review of all existing WIC online applications; and interviews with state agency staff, local agency staff, and people eligible for WIC about their online application needs.
WIC state agencies can use this toolkit as a resource as they develop their online WIC applications.
تتلقى هذه الرسالة بما أنك تاجر تجزئة معتمد من برنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية؛ حيث تُطرح البطاقات الذكية واللمسية للتحويل الإلكتروني للمزايا التابعة
لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية ) SNAP EBT ( قريبًا لولايتي كاليفورنيا وأوكلاهوما. مع تخطيط المزيد من الولايات لإضافة خاصية الشريحة واللمس إلى
البطاقات الذكية واللمسية للتحويل الإلكتروني للمزايا التابعة لبرنامج المساعدات الغذائية التكميلية، فمن الضروري تحديث أجهزة نقاط البيع لدى تجار التجزئة
لتتمكن من قراءة هذه البطاقات بنجاح، مما يضمن لحاملي البطاقات إمكانية الاستفادة من مزاياها في المتاجر التي يتعاملون معها.