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Resource | Research and Data School Meal Program Operations, School Year 2022-23

We regularly collect information about the school meal programs and how they operate from the people who know best – the state agencies that oversee the programs in each state and territory and the school food authorities that manage the programs locally in one or more schools. 

03/24/2026
Resource | Policy Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA); Interpretation of “Federal Public Benefit”

This notice sets forth the interpretation that the U.S. Department of Agriculture uses for the term “Federal public benefit” as used in Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. In doing so, this notice supersedes any prior interpretation in any notice or other document issued by any USDA agency. This notice also describes and preliminarily identifies the USDA programs that provide “Federal public benefits” within the scope of PRWORA.

07/10/2025
Resource | Policy Coordination between SNAP State Agencies and FDPIR Administering Agencies

We are committed to upholding Secretary of Agriculture Rollins’ priority to take swift action to minimize instances of fraud, waste, and program abuse, and to ensure American taxpayer dollars are spent with integrity and accountability. We are issuing this memo, both in support of that priority and in response to requests from SNAP state agencies and FDPIR administering agencies, for additional guidance on preventing dual participation and ensuring comparable disqualifications are applied in SNAP and FDPIR.  

05/14/2025
Resource | Training and Outreach FDPIR Shelter Utility Deduction and Net Monthly Income Calculation

This webinar provides an in-depth explanation of the FDPIR shelter/utility deduction and calculation of net monthly income.

03/04/2025
Resource | Policy Final Rule Correction - Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity

The Food and Nutrition Administration is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on Oct. 31, 2024. 

12/23/2024
Resource | Policy FDPIR - Applying the New Shelter/Utility Deduction and Calculating Net Monthly Income

This memorandum provides FDPIR administering agencies with guidance on how to apply the new shelter/utility deduction and outlines changes in the process to calculate a household’s net monthly income to account for the new shelter/utility deduction.

12/17/2024
Resource | Policy FDPIR Guidance on Changes to Household Eligibility

This memorandum provides FDPIR administering agencies with guidance on changes to household eligibility requirements.

12/17/2024
Resource | Policy Final Rule - Food Distribution Programs

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.

10/31/2024
Basic page Q&As: Food Distribution Programs - Improving Access & Parity Final Rule

Questions and answers about Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity Final Rule published on Oct. 31, 2024.

10/30/2024
Basic page Snapshot of Regulatory Changes: Food Distribution Programs Final Rule

Summary of the provisions in the final rule and how they compare to previous program regulations. 

10/30/2024
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