FNS Documents & Resources

We are committed to upholding Secretary of Agriculture Rollins’ priority to take swift action to minimize instances of fraud, waste, and program abuse, and to ensure American taxpayer dollars are spent with integrity and accountability. We are issuing this memo, both in support of that priority and in response to requests from SNAP state agencies and FDPIR administering agencies, for additional guidance on preventing dual participation and ensuring comparable disqualifications are applied in SNAP and FDPIR.  

The purpose of this memorandum is to remind schools, sponsors, and institutions participating in any USDA Child Nutrition Program, including the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Special Milk Program for Children , Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, and the Seamless Summer Option , of the many ways they can purchase local foods to serve in program meals.

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

This memorandum provides FDPIR administering agencies with guidance on changes to household eligibility requirements.

This memorandum provides interim guidance on new FDPIR regulatory waiver authority that became effective on Oct. 31, 2024.

This webinar was held for FDPIR administering agencies to talk about the FDPIR provisions in the Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity Final Rule (89 FR 87228).

Through this memorandum, FNS is providing FDPIR administering agencies with initial implementation guidance and implementation dates for the provisions of the Improving Access and Parity Final Rule.