To help navigate the coming year, FNS is clarifying existing flexibilities available to assist state agencies and local program operators in meeting the unique needs of their communities.
FY 2021 Team Nutrition Training Grants awarded
Recipients of FY 2017 Team Nutrition Training Grants.
This guidance describes $1 billion being provided by FNS to enhance local school districts’ ability to purchase foods for school meals by offering resources needed to address supply chain challenges directly to schools and school districts.
To help schools deal with supply chain challenges brought on by the pandemic, USDA is providing up to: $1 billion in Supply Chain Assistance funds for schools to purchase food for their meal programs, $300 million for states to purchase USDA Foods to distribute to schools, and $200 million for cooperative agreements to purchase local foods for schools, focusing on historically underused producers.
The following report addresses actions taken by FNS to comply with the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 which directed USDA to establish a Task Force to study measures to streamline the redemption of WIC benefits in a manner that promotes convenience, safety, and equitable access to WIC supplemental foods for participants in the WIC program.
A summary of the procedures related to requesting a no-cost extension for a Farm to School Grant.
Provides information on how states can request to implement or extend certain COVID-19 administrative flexibilities beginning on Jan. 1, 2022.
This is the eighth video in the webisode series that reviews the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations Nutrition Education (FDPNE) Grant Program Request for Applications.
This is the seventh video in the webisode series that reviews the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations Nutrition Education Grant Program Request for Applications.