FNS has recently been reviewing its SNAP waiver processes and procedures. This memo serves to notify SNAP state agencies that FNS is no longer approving new interest income verification waivers or extending existing waivers.
The Request for Information will be available for public comment through April 23, 2018. The comment period for the Request for Information that was published on Dec. 14, 2017 (82 FR 58792) has been extended from Feb. 12, 2018 to April 23, 2018.
This webinar will inform farmers market managers, sponsors, and the public about how to start and maintain summer meal sites at farmers markets.
Get the scoop on how to engage local producers and incorporate local food into your summer meals menu.
This webinar walks the audience through Team Nutrition’s “Choose Yogurts That Are Lower in Added Sugars” training worksheet and lets audience look at various yogurts to see if they meet meal pattern requirements.
Este seminario lleva a la audiencia a través de la hoja de capacitación de Team Nutrition "Elija yogures con bajo contenido de azúcares añadidas" y hace que la audiencia evalúe varios yogures para ver si cumplen con los requisitos del patrón de comidas.
Consistent with USDA's efforts to increase state flexibility within the bounds of the law, FNS is expanding allowable activities for states seeking to use non-merit system personnel in call centers. With FNS approval, states may now use non-merit personnel to provide basic case-specific information that is readily available in the system to a SNAP applicant or participant, such as application or case status, benefit issuance date, and status of submitted verifications.
FNS staff discuss the updated preschool meal patterns in the National School Lunch Program (including snack service) and School Breakfast Program, as well as the updated milk requirements in the Special Milk Program, which went into effect on Oct. 1, 2017.
This factsheet highlights why summer meals are ripe for local foods and agriculture-based activities.