FNS Documents & Resources

This notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this NEW information collection request. This study will conduct a census of all 53 state agencies that administer the SNAP to catalog and describe how states are currently using or planning to use computer matching strategies to reduce recipient fraud, payment errors, and administrative burden for both applicants and eligibility workers.

This collection is a new information collection for the Study of School Food Authority Procurement Practices. This study is intended to describe and assess the practices of SFAs related to procuring goods and services for school meal programs, and to better understand how SFAs make decisions that lead to these procurement practices. 

 The goal of the study is to understand the business practices of Third Party Processors and independent sales organizations that provide Electronic Benefit Transfer processing services and equipment to authorized retailers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

This collection is the voluntary submission of data including nutrient data from the food industry to update and expand the Child Nutrition Database in support of the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act.

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 and free milk for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the USDA Food and Nutrition Service invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This is a new collection for the purpose of learning about the types of  SNAP related fraud activity observed by large retailers and the methods they use to prevent fraud and minimize their losses.

This notice announces the surplus and purchased foods that USDA expects to make available for donation to states for use in providing nutrition assistance to the needy under TEFAP  in FY 2017. 

The Food and Nutrition Service seeks input on the use of the current SNAP income conversion factors used to anticipate a household's income for the purposes of SNAP eligibility when a household's income is received on a weekly or biweekly basis. FNS hopes to obtain perspective from state agencies and other stakeholders as it considers how to best balance the flexibilities states are granted in calculating anticipated monthly income under current SNAP regulations, while adhering to the legislative intent of reducing administrative burden on state agencies and removing barriers to eligibility for needy households.

This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program for Children.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This is a new collection for the Evaluation of the Direct Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Price Meals Demonstrations.