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Resource | Webinars/Videos Community Food Systems in Native Communities - Engaging Students

his webinar, the last in the four-part series, will help you plan for farm to school educational efforts which engage students throughout the year.

02/14/2017
Resource | Webinars/Videos Community Food Systems in Native Communities - Partnering for Success in Tribal Communities

In this webinar, the third in a four-part series, we’ll hear from Jim Stone, the Executive Director of the Intertribal Buffalo Council, and Venice Mason, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who will highlight successful partnerships they have cultivated in their communities.

02/14/2017
Resource | Webinars/Videos How Regional Offices and State Agencies Support Farm to Summer

This webinar provides an overview of farm to summer activities, resources, and a snapshot of how regional offices and state agencies have encouraged sponsors to adopt farm to summer principles.

02/09/2017
Resource | Webinars/Videos Demystifying USDA Foods Complaints Part 2: The Saga Continues

In this webinar for state distributing agencies and recipient agencies, Tony Wilkins of the Food Distribution Division reviews best practices for using WBSCM in resolving complaints, provides analysis of USDA Foods complaint trends, shares 2016 complaint successes, and discusses what’s in the complaint pipeline.

01/26/2017
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0003 Policy Clarifications for Adminstering the SNAP Employment and Training Programs

This memorandum identifies and clarifies several statutory and regulatory requirements that state agencies operating mandatory E&T programs must implement to ensure adequate protections for SNAP applicants and recipients as well as proper administration of the program.

01/19/2017
Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0002 Updated Retirement Account Exclusions from Resources

The memorandum that follows is intended to update earlier guidance provided to state agencies on the treatment of retirement accounts in determining SNAP eligibility.

01/17/2017
Resource | Report 2015 Expenditures on Children By Families

The Expenditures on Children by Families annual report provides estimates of the cost of raising children from birth through age 17 for different budgetary components, including food, housing, transportation, health care, clothing, child care and education, and miscellaneous costs.

01/06/2017
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