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Resource | Policy Use of Employment and Training Funds for SNAP Recipients Who Are Attending High School

This memo provides policy clarification on the use of SNAP E&T funds to pay for services for individuals who are attending high school. In most cases, it is likely neither legal nor appropriate to use E&T funds to pay for services for individuals are attending high school.

12/21/2020
Resource Information Collection: Recordkeeping of D-SNAP Benefit Issuance and Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief

This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection. This information collection addresses the recordkeeping burden associated with forms FNS-292A (Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief) and FNS-292B (Report of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefit Issuance).

12/01/2020
Resource | Research and Data | Report to Congress SNAP E&T Pilot Projects FY 2020 Report to Congress

The SNAP E&T pilot projects give Congress, USDA, and states the opportunity to test innovative strategies and approaches that connect low-income households to good paying jobs and thereby reduce their reliance on public assistance.

11/02/2020
Resource | Final Rule Final Rule: CSFP Implementation of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

Through this final rule, the  USDA Food and Nutrition Service is codifying a revised statutory requirement included in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 that established new Commodity Supplemental Food Program certification requirements..

10/30/2020
Basic page Videos of Inspiring Hope through FNS Programs

We are committed to providing opportunities to the families we serve, ensuring that with the program benefits we deliver, we also inspire hope. 

10/22/2020
Resource | Policy Memos Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Revised Food Package Maximum Monthly Distribution Rates

This updated Distribution Rates includes new CSFP USDA Food items and removes the guide rate attachment for children, who were phased out of CSFP in February 2020, as directed by the 2014 Farm Bill. With this update, the Distribution Rates have been simplified and pared down to one attachment.

10/22/2020
Resource | Policy Memos TEFAP State Plan Requests and Allocations for FY 2021 Farm to Food Bank Projects

This memo is addressed to TEFAP state agencies and provides the initial allocations for FY 2021 Farm to Food Bank Projects. This memo includes details on information collections under OMB# 0584-0293 and OMB# 0584-0594.

10/07/2020
Resource | Training and Outreach OIG FNS Audit Guide: Audits of Multi-State Food Processors

This guide is provided for use of nonfederal auditors in conducting audits of Multi-State Food Processors.

09/16/2020
Resource | Webinars/Videos USDA Farmers To Families Food Box Program Delivers 75 million Boxes

President Donald Trump, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue celebrate 75 million food boxes delivered and an additional investment of $1 billion for the USDA Farmers To Families Food Box Program.

08/28/2020
Resource Food Distribution Program: Value of Donated Foods (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021)

This notice announces the national average value of donated foods or, where applicable, cash in lieu of donated foods, to be provided in school year 2021 (July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021) for each lunch served by schools participating in the National School Lunch Program, and for each lunch and supper served by institutions participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

07/22/2020
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