FNS Documents & Resources

We received a question as to how to treat disaster relief employment income received from a National Emergency Grant.

We have been asked whether to adopt for food stamp benefit purposes the $48.17 average cost for prescription drug purchases that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) calculated. The answer is yes, with some caveats. We have prepared two new Q&As to outline how this should work.

GAO Report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry U.S. Senate on Nutrition Education: USDA Provides Services through Multiple Programs, but Stronger Linkages among Efforts Are Needed

Questions and Answers Related to the Guidance on Medicare-approved Drug Discount Card

The purpose of the Child and Adult Care Food Program, as set forth by the National School Lunch Act, is to provide meal assistance in nonresidential child care situations.

Section 17(a) of the National School Lunch Act limits participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program to nonresidential institutions providing child care.

This Instruction sets forth the policy concerning recycling of milk and other meal components. 

FNS Instruction 800-1:  WIC Program—General Administration:  Confidentiality