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Resource | Policy The Emergency Food Assistance Program - Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2026

This TEFAP program guidance memorandum transmits the 2026 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in TEFAP.

02/10/2026
Resource | Policy Commodity Supplemental Food Program - Income Guidelines for 2026

This memorandum transmits the 2026 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in CSFP.

02/10/2026
Resource | Policy Commodity Supplemental Food Program - Income Guidelines for 2025

This memorandum transmits the 2025 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in CSFP.

03/07/2025
Resource | Policy The Emergency Food Assistance Program - Income Eligibility Guidelines for 2025

This TEFAP program guidance memorandum transmits the 2025 income guidelines for state agencies and tribes in determining the eligibility of individuals applying to participate in TEFAP.

03/07/2025
Resource | Training and Outreach FDPIR Shelter Utility Deduction and Net Monthly Income Calculation

This webinar provides an in-depth explanation of the FDPIR shelter/utility deduction and calculation of net monthly income.

03/04/2025
Resource | Policy FDPIR - Applying the New Shelter/Utility Deduction and Calculating Net Monthly Income

This memorandum provides FDPIR administering agencies with guidance on how to apply the new shelter/utility deduction and outlines changes in the process to calculate a household’s net monthly income to account for the new shelter/utility deduction.

12/17/2024
Resource | Policy Final Rule - Food Distribution Programs

This final rule revises regulations for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), and USDA Foods disaster response regulations. This final rule makes improvements in USDA’s food distribution programs.

10/31/2024
Basic page Q&As: Food Distribution Programs - Improving Access & Parity Final Rule

Questions and answers about Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity Final Rule published on Oct. 31, 2024.

10/30/2024
Basic page Snapshot of Regulatory Changes: Food Distribution Programs Final Rule

Summary of the provisions in the final rule and how they compare to previous program regulations. 

10/30/2024
Resource | Policy FDPIR Net Monthly Income Standards - FY 2026

The net monthly income standard for each household size is the sum of the applicable SNAP net monthly income standard and the applicable SNAP standard deduction.

09/27/2023
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