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Resource | Policy Proposed Rule Withdrawal - Disaster SNAP

This document informs the public that FNS is withdrawing the proposed rule titled Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2016.

09/27/2024
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 SNAP-Ed Intervention Scoring Tool FNS-885 and Intervention Submission Form FNS-886

FNS updated the forms and burden estimates based on consultations with SNAP-Ed state and implementing agency partners, other federal agencies, and users of the forms.

09/19/2024
Resource | Policy WIC Health Outcomes and Participant Experience Study

This notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection for the WIC Health Outcomes and Participant Experience (HOPE) study. 

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 FY 2025 D-SNAP Income Eligibility Standards

The FY 2025 D-SNAP Income Eligibility Standards effective Oct. 1, 2024.

09/09/2024
Resource | Policy FNS Handbook 310 - SNAP QC Review Handbook October 2024

Effective as of the October 2024 SNAP quality control sample month, all reviewers must follow the procedures outlined in the updated FNS Handbook 310 dated October 2024.

QC PM 24-03
09/06/2024
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.

CACFP 12-2024, SFSP 16-2024
08/28/2024
Resource | Policy Child and Adult Care Food Program

FNS published a final rule, “Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans” (RIN 0584-AE88) in the Federal Register on April 25, 2024 which introduces a new recordkeeping requirement for the CACFP. FNS is publishing a 30-Day Notice for this final rule submission because the agency changed how the requirement and burden change were submitted for approval in the final rule from what was used in the proposed rule.

08/27/2024
Page updated: October 14, 2021