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Resource | Policy Notice of Supply Chain Disruption Declaration in Response to the Impact of a Tornado on Certain Mead Johnson Infant Formulas

This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective Sept. 18, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has declared that a Supply Chain Disruption exists in certain non-contract WIC state agencies where the ability of participants to obtain their prescribed Mead Johnson formulas is impacted due to limited stock.

09/19/2024
Resource | Policy Notice of Extended Supply Chain Disruption Declaration in Response to the Continued Impact of Limited Availability of Gerber Infant Formulas

This letter serves as notice to all WIC state agencies that effective Sept. 20, 2024, the Secretary of Agriculture has reaffirmed that a Supply Chain Disruption exists with Gerber infant formula contracts.

09/18/2024
Resource | Policy Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) – Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

This memorandum addresses questions we have received about the provisions of the CAA that affect the Nutrition Assistance Programs in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico.

09/16/2024
Resource | Policy Q&As Related to CACFP 11-2021, SFSP 07-2021 Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data by Visual Observation and Identification in the CACFP and SFSP – Policy Rescission – Set 2

This guidance is intended to assist state agencies and program operators of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program in meeting the longstanding federal requirement to collect race and ethnicity data of program participants.

08/28/2024
Resource | Policy Availability of Funding to Alleviate Emergency Supply Chain Disruption in CSFP

This letter is to inform state agencies operating the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, including Indian Tribal Organizations and U.S. territories who operate CSFP, of the opportunity to receive funding, in the form of direct cash assistance, for the purchase of domestically grown and produced foods.

08/26/2024
Resource | Policy SNAP Quality Control Error Tolerance Threshold for FY 2025

The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 requires the SNAP QC system use a tolerance level to set a monetary threshold for determining which QC errors are included in the calculation of payment error rates. This threshold is adjusted annually to correspond with changes in the Thrifty Food Plan.

08/23/2024
Resource | Policy Availability of Funding to Alleviate Emergency Supply Chain Disruption in FDPIR

This letter is to inform Indian Tribal Organizations and state agencies operating FDPIR of the opportunity to receive funding, in the form of direct cash assistance, for the purchase of domestically grown and produced foods.

08/12/2024
Resource | Policy Memos SNAP FY 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustments

This memorandum provides the FY 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustments to the SNAP maximum allotments, income eligibility standards, and deductions. Under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, COLAs are effective as of Oct. 1, 2024.

08/02/2024
Resource | Guidance Documents Guidance for Improving State Agency RPT Rates: Standardizing the Escalation Process

The purpose of this memorandum is to advise state agencies on the steps FNS will take to monitor and engage state agencies with poor SNAP recertification application processing timeliness rates.

07/31/2024
Resource | Policy Memos SNAP Extension of Waiver of Quality Control Face-to-Face Interview Requirement

This memorandum extends the existing Quality Control face-to-face interview waiver through Sept. 30, 2025.

07/25/2024
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