La CRD provee liderazgo y una amplia protección contra la discriminación en las prácticas laborales y la entrega de programas al público del FNS.
This memorandum clarifies that telephonic and virtual fair hearings and administrative disqualification hearings are allowed, reminds state agencies of related requirements, and recommends various best practices when conducting telephonic or virtual hearings. This memo rescinds and supersedes previous telephonic hearing guidance provided in FNS policy memos 82-14 and 83-05.
This training is designed to guide you, as a FNS funded program, in serving the needs of the communities you support by presenting strategies for overcoming language barriers, leveraging the FNS language access framework, and offers practical tips to help navigate common challenges in multilingual environments.
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.
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide clarification on the written notice requirements that apply to indian tribal organizations and state agencies that administer FDPIR, per the USDA regulations on equal opportunity for religious organizations to participate in USDA assistance programs.
The purpose of this memorandum is to clarify the written notice and referral requirements for organizations that receive USDA Foods or administrative funding as part of CSFP and TEFAP, per USDA regulations on equal opportunity for religious organizations to participate in USDA assistance programs.
USDA and eight other federal agencies recently published a final rule entitled, Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations at 89 FR 15671 (final rule). The final rule amended USDA regulations at 7 CFR part 16 related to equal opportunity for faith-based organizations that operate USDA programs and religious protections for USDA program beneficiaries.
To improve nutrition security, FNS works to ensure all communities have access to foods that support health and well-being. Our goal is to ensure program participants have access to culturally and religiously inclusive foods and that program operators have resources to serve culturally and religiously diverse communities.
These resources provide school nutrition professionals with the knowledge and tools to implement and meet the professional standards requirements within their programs.
In this webinar, Team Nutrition staff review the basic features of the Professional Standards Training Tracker Tool and highlight some of the latest updates to the tool, including the certifications feature.