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Resource | Guidance Documents SNAP Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025: Time Limit Changes - QAs #1

These questions and answers provide additional information on implementing Section 10102 of the OBBB, which changes exceptions from the time limit, restricts waivers of the time limit, and allows for good faith exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii. 

06/11/2026
Basic page Study Series: School Meal Program Operations

We have studied school meal program operations for a long time. You can access published reports that go back to school year 1988-89. Each study in this series focuses on topics that are important to program operations at the time. Sometimes the studies also collect information about other child nutrition programs, like the Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.

03/24/2026
Resource | Research and Data School Meal Program Operations, School Year 2022-23

We regularly collect information about the school meal programs and how they operate from the people who know best – the state agencies that oversee the programs in each state and territory and the school food authorities that manage the programs locally in one or more schools. 

03/24/2026
Resource | Policy Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request - WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence

This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection for awarding local agencies for excellence in WIC breastfeeding services and support. The Child Nutrition Act of 1966 requires that the Department of Agriculture establish a program to recognize WIC local agencies and clinics that demonstrate exemplary breastfeeding promotion and support activities.

03/11/2026
Resource | Policy Generic Clearance to Conduct Formative Research or Development of Nutrition Education and Promotion Materials and Related Tools and Grants for FNS Population Groups

This request for approval of information collection is necessary to obtain input into the development of nutrition education interventions for population groups served by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. FNS also uses this collection to obtain input that can be used to develop and assess grants. 

02/17/2026
Resource | Policy Summer Food Service Program: 2026 Reimbursement Rates

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

02/04/2026
Resource | Policy Information Collection: OMB Generic Clearance for the Annual Survey of School Food Authorities

The studies encompassed under this information collection will collect data from school food authorities administering the child nutrition programs, including information on emerging and ongoing challenges, their impacts on operations and student participation, and strategies SFAs are undertaking to address challenges they face.

01/23/2026
Resource | Policy SNAP FY 2026 Discretionary Exemptions for ABAWDs - Not Adjusted for Carryover

This memorandum provides estimates of the number of new discretionary exemptions each state agency has earned for FY 2026.

12/22/2025
Resource | Policy SNAP Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025: ABAWD Waivers - Implementation Memorandum

This memorandum provides state agencies with additional information on implementing Section 10102(b) and (c) of the OBBB, which changes criteria for waivers of the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) time limit with special provisions for Alaska and Hawaii. Please note, we are reviewing SNAP regulations pertaining to ABAWD waiver requirements following enactment of the OBBB to determine changes necessary to comply with the changes.

10/03/2025
Resource | Policy SNAP Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025: ABAWD Exceptions - Implementation Memorandum

This memorandum provides state agencies additional information on implementing Section 10102(a) of the OBBB, which changes exceptions from the Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD) time limit.

10/02/2025
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