FNS Documents & Resources | Food and Nutrition Service

Resource | Infographics Healthy Eating Index Score of the FDPIR Food Package Infographic

Healthy Eating Index scores range from 0 to 100 and are a measure of diet quality used to assess how well a set of foods aligns with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A higher score is ideal. The FDPIR Food Package scores an 84. This is higher than the average U.S. diet, which scores a 59.

03/21/2024

Resource | Technical Assistance & Guidance USDA Foods Database

Check out this database to access vendor-specific product information for all direct delivered USDA Foods for the National School Lunch Program.

11/09/2023

Basic page Automated Inventory System

AIS enables FDPIR participating tribal organizations or an agency of a state government to capture household data, track certification periods, issue USDA Foods to certified households, and maintain inventory.

08/22/2023

Resource | Webinars/Videos Navigating the USDA Foods Database

This webinar provided state agencies and school districts instructions on how to navigate the USDA Foods Database to access vendor-specific product information, including nutrients, allergens, ingredients and certifications.

03/02/2023

Resource | Presentations SNAP E&T 2022 National Forum: Developing IT Systems - Lessons Learned from two State Approaches

Learn about the process to develop and implement a dedicated SNAP E&T IT system to support program expansion and administration in Illinois and South Carolina.

01/23/2023

Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2020-0077 Publication of the 2020-21 WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines

This policy memorandum transmits the 2020-21 Income Eligibility Guidelines for WIC that were published in the Federal Register on May 26, 2020

WIC Policy Memo #2020-4

05/26/2020

Resource | Research | Assessing/Improving Operations WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2008

WIC Participant and Program Characteristics summarizes the demographic characteristics of WIC participants nationwide in April 2008, along with information on participant income and nutrition risk characteristics, a national estimate of breastfeeding initiation for WIC infants, and a description of WIC members of migrant farmworker families.

01/01/2010